The Atlanta Falcons will feature a new engineer behind the operation of the offense this season, with former offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter making his return to Atlanta and taking over for the recently departed Steve Sarkisian.
The main thing on many people’s minds regarding the change in OC is the question of how the philosophy will be impacted. Namely, how pass-happy will this offense be under Koetter as opposed to Sarkisian?
One tweet from Vienna Falcons illustrates just how similar Sarkisian’s tendency to dial up the pass was to Koetter’s over in Tampa Bay.
This study takes a look at 2018 pass rate controlled for time, down, distance to go and score.