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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; saintswhodi I ran this earlier on the "Brooks" Thread , you might have some fun with it .... Time of Possession is always an interesting stat , it creates a couple of variables . For instance , ask " Where ...
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07-07-2005, 01:00 AM | #11 |
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I ran this earlier on the "Brooks" Thread , you might have some fun with it .... Time of Possession is always an interesting stat , it creates a couple of variables . For instance , ask " Where did the Saints defense rank in 2004 ?? " and 9 out of 10 posters would say dead last . Total Yards per game allowed is a bad way to check a defense , because it does not factor the offense pulling up lame . Consider yards per play as an average , it factors the yards allowed by the amount of time on the field . The 5 worst N.F.L. defenses 2004 5. Minnesota 4. Indianapolis 3. Oakland 2. Kansas City 1. New Orleans Yards Per Play Factor , and the order changes . 5. Green Bay with 5.7 yards per play - 967 plays 4. Minnesota with 5.8 yards per play - 1018 plays 3. New Orleans with 5.8 yards per play - 1067 plays 2. Tennessee with 5.9 yards per play - 977 plays 1. Kansas City with 6.3 yards per play - 960 plays |
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07-07-2005, 09:39 AM | #12 |
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Originally Posted by saintz08
I saw it 08. And your TOP post. And your Brooks first half passer ratings posts. Kinda what motivated me to take a look.
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07-07-2005, 11:21 AM | #13 |
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PS - what's defence? Is that like the thing you paint? De fence. B/c I thought we were last in defense. |
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Our defense sucked unless I missed something. More than anything else we just couldn't stop the run. We couldn't stop the run early in the game when we weren't tired, and we couldn't stop the run late in the game when we were. |
07-07-2005, 12:25 PM | #15 |
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Originally Posted by saintfan
Yeah, that 29th ranked TOP by the offense wouldn't make a defense tired or anything. We couldn't score or get a first down early either. Even when the defense gave us THREE turnovers in the first haf(Seattle), we could only manage 7 points for the entire game and about 60 total rushing.
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improving ball control will always help the d. there aren't as many chances for the other teams o. i don't think you can argue at all that our d was just terrible last year for the first 12 games. i don't think that it helped that we didnt score in the first quarter last year for the most part. basically i thought we played really well last year the final 4 games. mainly though more then anything and tell me if this sounds new or not, we need to stop the run better this year. you may have heard something like that the last few years. all i know is when a team runs, in the first quarter of a preseason game this year, for like 100 yards , i am not going to listen to has about the two runs that distorted the stats. if anyone at all remembers that from last year. according to has at some points last year we were only letting up 3.7 yards per caryy. well mind you that was because he took out the 48 yard run and the 38 yarder. somehow they didnt count.
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about our Defense...but the bottom line is...our Defense was last in everything last year and if the Defense don't do a lot better then that this year ya can look for the same thing. A 8-8 SEASON AND NO PLAYOFF! |
07-10-2005, 08:41 PM | #18 |
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And then explain to me how in the first game of the year, the defense gives the offense THREE turnovers in the FIRST HALF, yet for the game the offense manages only SEVEN points. Explain to me how the defense held Seattle(A PLAYOFF TEAM AND DIVISION WINNER OF THE NFC WEST) to 14 points deep into the secodn half, only to see the OFFENSE throw an INT that gave Seattle the ball in their own red zone, and sealed the game. Explain how that HELPED the defense to this knucklehead.
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Hmm, I see how my statement:
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