Where Saints ranked in 2014: Offense was No. 1 in NFL -- but not really

Danno · 01-02-2015, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Foot Stomper

Situational stats would be interesting to me. Anyway you slice it we were awful this year. But I would like to see how many times our Offense went 3 and out, failed to score on drives, coughed it up and put the Defense on a short field etc.

Our Defense had the best starting field position in the entire NFL. Other teams had farther to go against us than any team, and they didn't have much trouble doing it.

We also had the 3rd fewest offensive possessions, and our offense had the 3rd worst starting field position in the NFL. Our offense had to go farther each drive than 29 other teams.

Our offense had the 7th best points per drive average in the league.
Our defense had the 2nd worst points per drive average.

Foot Stomper · 01-02-2015, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

Our Defense had the best starting field position in the entire NFL. Other teams had farther to go against us than any team, and they didn't have much trouble doing it.

We also had the 3rd fewest offensive possessions, and our offense had the 3rd worst starting field position in the NFL. Our offense had to go farther each drive than 29 other teams.

Our offense had the 7th best points per drive average in the league.
Our defense had the 2nd worst points per drive average.

Very surprising. I guess I tend to remember the short fields our Offense gave the other teams Offense thus putting our Defense in terrible position.

01-02-2015, 01:05 PM	#1
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,757	Re: Where Saints ranked in 2014: Offense was No. 1 in NFL -- but not really Originally Posted by Foot Stomper Situational stats would be interesting to me. Anyway you slice it we were awful this year. But I would like to see how many times our Offense went 3 and out, failed to score on drives, coughed it up and put the Defense on a short field etc. Our Defense had the best starting field position in the entire NFL. Other teams had farther to go against us than any team, and they didn't have much trouble doing it. We also had the 3rd fewest offensive possessions, and our offense had the 3rd worst starting field position in the NFL. Our offense had to go farther each drive than 29 other teams. Our offense had the 7th best points per drive average in the league. Our defense had the 2nd worst points per drive average. jnormand and Beastmode like this.

01-02-2015, 06:54 PM	#2
Foot Stomper Carolina Sucks Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 379	Re: Where Saints ranked in 2014: Offense was No. 1 in NFL -- but not really Originally Posted by Danno Our Defense had the best starting field position in the entire NFL. Other teams had farther to go against us than any team, and they didn't have much trouble doing it. We also had the 3rd fewest offensive possessions, and our offense had the 3rd worst starting field position in the NFL. Our offense had to go farther each drive than 29 other teams. Our offense had the 7th best points per drive average in the league. Our defense had the 2nd worst points per drive average. Very surprising. I guess I tend to remember the short fields our Offense gave the other teams Offense thus putting our Defense in terrible position.

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