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Apologies in advance for using conventional stats (still getting my feet wet with FO stats). Many examples are cited in this discussion of easy games or easy matchups that might have inflated a team’s ranking. I was looking at SD, BALT, and NE (my opinion of the true contenders) to determine how legit certain stats were. Here are a few things I found:
Games vs. defenses allowing less than 200 yards passing/game:
McNair = 4
Rivers = 5
Brady = 7
Total sacks by defense:
SD 61, BAL 60, NE 44
Games vs. teams allowing 40+ sacks:
SD = 9, BAL = 8, NE 7
Games vs. teams allowing 30 or fewer sacks:
SD = 1, BAL = 3, NE = 5
I realize that it touches upon something that many have discussed, but I found it to be more concise than anything I have read here on the issue. I am sure that SD's pass rush is legit and NE will have to work very hard to stop it, but it is interesting that they faced the most sack friendly schedule by far.
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I realize that it touches upon something that many have discussed, but I found it to be more concise than anything I have read here on the issue. I am sure that SD's pass rush is legit and NE will have to work very hard to stop it, but it is interesting that they faced the most sack friendly schedule by far.
Very interesting stats. Especially when you consider that the Patriots are one of the teams that their opponents count in their positive count. I guess that certainly gives some credence to the 'schedule vs schedule' debate, in the Pats favor as far as who is more tested.
I realize that it touches upon something that many have discussed, but I found it to be more concise than anything I have read here on the issue. I am sure that SD's pass rush is legit and NE will have to work very hard to stop it, but it is interesting that they faced the most sack friendly schedule by far.
Just throw that ***** out because they weren't healthy and who you play or how you played this season doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that the Chargers are healthy this SUNDAY and Brady's record vs the AFC West sucks!!
Get with it - you damn homer!!!!
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Just throw that ***** out because they weren't healthy and who you play or how you played this season doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that the Chargers are healthy this SUNDAY and Brady's record vs the AFC West!!
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Well why wait for them to show up and ruin a thread. We might as well ruin our own.
I can't remember this many idiots showing up here. Maybe my memory is shot but so far these guys have been the worse I have seen.
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I realize that it touches upon something that many have discussed, but I found it to be more concise than anything I have read here on the issue. I am sure that SD's pass rush is legit and NE will have to work very hard to stop it, but it is interesting that they faced the most sack friendly schedule by far.
They had 14 sacks in the two Oakland games alone. That pads their sack #s quite a bit. As you said, I am sure they have a good pass rush, but let's not put a bust of it in Canton just yet.
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They were healthy in 04? Not exactly. I think they set the record for most games missed by starters by a Super Bowl winner.
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Interesting post on SD's pass rush
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