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Fans and new fans like action...
Meh. Pendulum swings back and forth. I remember the Rams were supposedly ushering in an age of offense. DC's adapted.
Next year we will see every team try a pistol look and every team will have an effective anti-pistol.
The Ravens gave up 14 points on a KO and Punt return. Those dont happen every week in the new NFL. In both the NE and SF game, those team gave up garbage points after the game was in the bag.
Nobody in their right mind thought GB or Hou had a chance to comeback and win.
Defense wins championships just like offense wins championships. It all depends on who is better that day. Just look at the last years Super Bowl as proof.
Oh, I guess I'm mistaken. Just point me toward all the other seasons that the average score in the division round was anything close to 38.5-30.5 and all 8 teams put up 28 or more points.
Triumph said:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyJohnson
Oh, I guess I'm mistaken. Just point me toward all the other seasons that the average score in the division round was anything close to 38.5-30.5 and all 8 teams put up 28 or more points.
I dont mind correcting you. Thats why Im here.
BTW, Kapernick threw a pick 6 on SFs first drive and Sam Shields walked in for a TD. Evidently in the new NFL, those points go on Rodgers ledger board and against the SF defense who was sitting on the bench sipping Gatorade.
Welcome to the new NFL.
I'll keep waiting for the first time you correct me
Your memory is good but its very short.
Deus Irae said:Wild card round, winning scores:
19
24
24
24
Wild card round, losing scores:
13
10
9
14
Another theory bites the dust.
Triumph said:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyJohnson
Oh, I guess I'm mistaken. Just point me toward all the other seasons that the average score in the division round was anything close to 38.5-30.5 and all 8 teams put up 28 or more points.
I dont mind correcting you. Thats why Im here.
BTW, Kapernick threw a pick 6 on SFs first drive and Sam Shields walked in for a TD. Evidently in the new NFL, those points go on Rodgers ledger board and against the SF defense who was sitting on the bench sipping Gatorade.
Welcome to the new NFL.
The only team still alive from that round gave up 35 last week.
That's irrelevant to your argument. You were pointing to this week's losing scores being high. Well, those same teams were dropping 24 and under the week before, against theoretically weaker competition, and the only team still alive from that week gave up 9 that week, while scoring only 24.
Deus Irae said:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyJohnson
The only team still alive from that round gave up 35 last week.
That's irrelevant to your argument. You were pointing to this week's losing scores being high. Well, those same teams were dropping 24 and under the week before, against theoretically weaker competition, and the only team still alive from that week gave up 9 that week, while scoring only 24.
Perhaps only tangentially related:
The fate of the most prolific offenses in NFL history in the postseason?
(source)
1. 2007 New England Patriots - 589 points.
Unfortunately, we don't need to cover this topic here.
2. 2011 Green Bay Packers - 560 points.
Lost 37-20 at home in the divisional round to the NYG
3. 2012 New England Patriots - 557 points.
4. 1998 Minnesota Vikings - 556 points.
Lost the NFC Championship in OT to the Atlanta Falcons 30-27. They were up 10 points with 13 minutes left in the 4th Q, but wound up kneeling out the 4th quarter with 49 sec left, and not being able to muster a score despite 2 possessions in OT.
5. 2011 New Orleans Saints - 547 points.
Went into the post season the #3 seed (lost a tiebreaker to the 49ers), beat the Detroit Lions, and then lost in the Divisional round to the 49ers 32-36.
My quick look at these teams is that they're all prolific passing attacks.
(Regular Season #'s)
#1 - Patriots - 1849 yards rushing. 4.1 YPC
#2 - Packers - 1558 yards rushing. 3.9 YPC
#3 - Patriots - 2184 yards rushing. 4.2 YPC
#4 - Vikings - 1936 yards rushing. 4.3 YPC
#5 - Saints - 2127 yards rushing. 4.9 YPC
So, I don't have any firm results here to make a great point regarding what links all of these teams together aside from scoring a lot.
Let's hope this year's Patriots break the trend of the highest scoring offenses in NFL history falling short of a championship. It's hard to argue that this trend is nothing more than coincidental, though, given the fluke nature of some of the losses seen by these teams.