3 and outs made our defense look bad?

GumboBC · 02-22-2005, 01:01 PM

Alright, so I went back and counted the number of three and outs we had in the first quarters this year.

We had 19 three and outs, that is 1.2 three and outs per game in the first quarter. I have no idea if that is a lot, but that sounds reasonable to me at the start of the game. Our opponents had 14 three and outs, that is .9 per game. It seems to me relatively safe to say that 1 three and out in the first quarter is normal - so the Saints were slightly bad and our oppnents were slightly good on this criterion.

Of those 19 three and outs, at least 8 of them occurred in games we won.

You guys can take this information any way you\'d like, but to me it indicates that (1) we weren\'t that bad in terms of three and outs overall, and (2) three and outs in the first quarter are at best slightly correlated with wins and losses.

Oh how I love me some FACTS!!

Thanks for getting that info, JKool. I know it must have taken a while!!

While our 3 and outs aren\'t that bad, I\'m pretty sure our \"scoring\" in the 1st quarter was pretty bad.

Much of that can be blamed on our running game, though. I think though the first 12 games our running game was almost DEAD LAST in the NFL.

Hell, for that matter, it was almost DEAD LAST at the end of the year. 27th to be exact.

02-22-2005, 01:01 PM	#11
GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616	3 and outs made our defense look bad? Alright, so I went back and counted the number of three and outs we had in the first quarters this year. We had 19 three and outs, that is 1.2 three and outs per game in the first quarter. I have no idea if that is a lot, but that sounds reasonable to me at the start of the game. Our opponents had 14 three and outs, that is .9 per game. It seems to me relatively safe to say that 1 three and out in the first quarter is normal - so the Saints were slightly bad and our oppnents were slightly good on this criterion. Of those 19 three and outs, at least 8 of them occurred in games we won. You guys can take this information any way you\'d like, but to me it indicates that (1) we weren\'t that bad in terms of three and outs overall, and (2) three and outs in the first quarter are at best slightly correlated with wins and losses. Oh how I love me some FACTS!! Thanks for getting that info, JKool. I know it must have taken a while!! While our 3 and outs aren\'t that bad, I\'m pretty sure our \"scoring\" in the 1st quarter was pretty bad. Much of that can be blamed on our running game, though. I think though the first 12 games our running game was almost DEAD LAST in the NFL. Hell, for that matter, it was almost DEAD LAST at the end of the year. 27th to be exact.
GumboBC Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,616