The short, quick passing game is a natural evolution from college offenses that have been doing it for years. Many young NFL quarterbacks ran this style in college and have a comfort level with it.

There is no one right way to run an NFL offense, and some teams have been able to use the short pass to devastating effect. To get a better sense of this, let’s look at which quarterbacks throw ...

New York Jets running back Breece Hall takes Jets quarterback Trevor Siemian's short pass for a 21-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Skip to main content. Advertising.

As a result, the average pass attempt this season has traveled just 8.43 yards in the air, the shortest distance of any season in the playoff era and a 3.9 percent dropoff from 2021.

New England Patriots running back Brandon Bolden takes a short pass on a crossing route from quarterback Mac Jones and sneaks inside the pylon for an 18-yard touchdown against the Miami Dolphins.

After a Jackson short pass was batted at the line of scrimmage, ... Jackson completed a pass to himself for a first down. At the time of this writing, with the 13-yard catch, ...