FALCONS "ON TARGETS"


We scoured all 256 drive summaries from 2008: 

Grid #1 shows the times each player was targeted per week and per position with team totals.
Grid #2 shows the total times each player touched the ball inside the opponents 20 yd line, per position with team totals.

 
Times Targeted 2008 Game by Game Total Receiveing Targets



Atlanta Falcons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tot Rec Yds TD
Jerious Norwood 4 4 1 4 4 2 bye 7 4 2 6 1 3 4 3 3 2 54 36 338 2
Michael Turner 1 1 0 3 0 0 bye 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 6 41 0
Ovie Mughelli 1 1 1 0 0 0 bye 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 8 57 0
Jason Snelling 0 0 0 1 0 0 bye 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 8 89 0
RB TOTAL 6 6 2 8 4 2
11 7 3 9 3 3 6 6 4 3 83 58 525 2

Roddy White

2 8 7 16 11 13 bye 15 5 10 11 9 7 13 7 7 7 148 88 1382 7
Michael Jenkins 2 7 4 5 5 5 bye 6 3 6 6 6 3 5 4 8 6 81 50 777 3
Harry Douglas 0 4 2 5 0 6 bye 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 1 2 3 39 23 320 1
Brian Finneran 0 0 1 5 0 4 bye 6 1 3 5 2 2 4 1 1 1 36 21 169 1
Laurent Robinson 0 5 1 0 0 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 52 0
Eric Weems 0 0 0 0 0 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
WR TOTAL 4 24 15 31 16 28
29 10 19 23 23 15 25 13 18 17 310 188 2704 12

Justin Peelle

2 1 1 0 3 0 bye 1 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 23 15 159 2
Ben Hartsock 1 1 0 1 2 0 bye 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 26 0
Jason Rader 0 0 0 0 0 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 26 0
TE TOTAL 3 2 1 1 5 0
1 4 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 30 19 211 2


 

 
Red Zone Touches (carries, receiving, passing)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tot
Michael Turner 3 1 9 1 5 6 bye 2 5 3 2 11 7 5 4 7 1 72
Jerious Norwood 2 3 1 0 1 2 bye 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 20
Ovie Mughelli 0 1 0 0 0 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2



















RB TOTAL 5 5 10 1 6 8
2 7 3 3 12 10 5 5 10 2 94

 

Roddy White

0 1 2 2 0 1 bye 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 16
Michael Jenkins 0 0 1 2 0 0 bye 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10
Harry Douglas 1 1 0 0 0 2 bye 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
Brian Finneran 0 0 0 1 0 2 bye 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 11
Adam Jennings 0 0 0 0 0 0 bye 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1



















WR TOTAL 1 2 3 5 0 5
5 0 5 1 5 2 6 0 3 2 45

 

Justin Peelle

1 1 0 0 1 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7
Ben Hartsock 0 0 0 1 1 0 bye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2



















TE TOTAL 1 1 0 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 9


 

OVERVIEW

Pass Targets to RB -  20%
Pass Targets to WR - 73%
Pass Targets to TE -  7%

Top 3 Red-Zone Touches:  Turner (72), Norwood (20), White (16)

 
 

  • 63% of red zone touches went to running backs, 30% to wide receivers and 7% to tight ends.

  • Only 30 total targets to tight ends all year. With Gonzalez in the fold, expect those numbers to increase accordingly and the siphoning could come from White and Jenkins.

  • Norwood had 54 targets to Michael Turner's 9.  Ovie Mughelli and Jason Snelling both were targeted more times than Michael Turner.

  • Roddy White outpaced Michael Jenkins 2:1. This was true of total targets and red zone touches.