As I said, Golson pounded the short-intermediate throws, and I don't think we had a lot of YAC this season. From a YPA point of view, an Alabama throw a yard behind the line of scrimmage that gets carried for 15 counts for more than an ND throw 7 yds past the line of scrimmage that gets stopped for no additional gain.
I know spread folks like to use behind-LOS and near-LOS throws as pseudo-runs, but the data from last season (at least, the ND games that were charted) indicates that Kelly was using those short throws less than most teams.
