Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas

I’ve always been under the impression that Byron Leftwich’s biggest strength was his ability as a downfield passer. Apparently, I’m wrong.

Matt Lyon of ESPN Stats & Information just passed along some numbers that suggest Leftwich might be better suited for Jon Gruden’s horizontal offense than he is for the offense that allegedly was going to be vertical when Jeff Jagodzinski came to town and was supposed to remain that way when Jagodzinski was fired and Greg Olson is supposed to be carrying on a slightly more sophisticated model of the play pamphlet Jagodzinski designed (in 15 minutes):

Leftwich Passing By Distance, 2009 -- Under 10 yards 10+ yards Comp pct 60.5 52.8 Yds/Att 7.3 5.6 TD-Int 4-0 0-2 Passer Rtg 117.9 53.7