Last week Bucs Nation looked at Jameis Winston’s steady improvement in accuracy and his underrated 2017 season. His positive 18.7 plus-minus ranked fifth in the NFL last season. Plus-minus is derived from the length of the pass and the yards needed for a first down, and is simply a modern version of completion percentage that incorporates the context of the passes actually being attempted, whether short or deep. Perhaps one reason why Winston ranked so high is deeper passes are harder to complete and so the formula rewards deeper passes more than short passes (and the penalty for not completing a short pass is higher).
Buccaneers 2017 Receiving Efficiency
