The Patriots vs. the whole league when starting offense inside of thier own 20

[loosebearing]

The Colts have been inside of thier 20 at 19 times this season,They have scored a TD just ONCE - Thats right,1 for 19 in TDs from inside thier own 20 - Thats an amazing stat considering thier offense almost always performs at a high level.

You might want to check this stat again -- They've scored 6 Red Zone TD's in the last two games.

They were 4/6 against the Bucs and 2/4 against the Jags

Wrong 20 !!!!

On another thread someone likened the NFL to the caveat of Leave no Child behind. Calling the "purefication" rule of parity Leave no Team behind.

Some people (and teams) prove this to be a waste of time

 

[DarrylS]

Without regard for all of this amazing statistical rhetoric, 79% is a pretty amazing stat... talk about long drives..

 

[patchick]

Colts have only had one sustained 80+ yard drive for a TD.

That's an equally stunning stat, IMO.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

That's an equally stunning stat, IMO.

So....we need Gost to not kick into the endzone for a touchback, force them to run it and stop them inside their 20 and for the one time ;-) we punt that game, pin them inside their 10 and we will keep them off the board.......somehow me thinks this won't happen.........but its fun to think about.

 

[PatSunday]

Bill Polian will ask the NFL to have all teams start at the 50 yard line next year.

 

[PlattsFan]

Wow. To put that in perspective, the highest TD % in the whole league inside the red zone is Arizona at 70.6%. So, if you give the Pats the ball over 80 yards away from the end zone, they have a better chance of scoring a touchdown than any other team in the league has of scoring a touchdown if you give them the ball 20 yards away from the end zone.

And not just a little better, but more than 12% higher chance. Than the best team in the league in the red zone.

To drive the point home, besides the Pats, there are only 6 other teams in the league even over 60% when it comes to scoring TDs from inside their opponents' 20. And the Pats score 79% on drives from inside their OWN 20.

Wow.

 

[solman]

Wow. To put that in perspective, the highest TD % in the whole league inside the red zone is Arizona at 70.6%. So, if you give the Pats the ball over 80 yards away from the end zone, they have a better chance of scoring a touchdown than any other team in the league has of scoring a touchdown if you give them the ball 20 yards away from the end zone.

This stat is a statistical anomaly which results from only having 11 such attempts. It is absurd to think that this is predictive of the future.

The Patriots are only converting 65.6% of their red zone possessions.

Would any sane person believe that the Patriots have a better chance of scoring from their own 20 than they do from their opponents 20?

I can guarantee you that BB would take the ball at his opponent's 20 every time.

 

[solman]

BS Stat

Here is an amazing stat today told by Pat Kirwin of Sirius NFL Radio


This season as a whole 31 team league has teams that have the ball inside of thier own 20 yard line to go and score a touchdown is at a 13% touchdown rate.

The Patriots inside of thier own 20 have a 79% touchdown rate - Thats 66% more touchdowns per inside the 20 offensive series than the average of most other teams in the league.

The Patriots when inside of thier own 20 have scored a TD in 8 of 11 attempts for that 79% ratio

The Colts have been inside of thier 20 at 19 times this season,They have scored a TD just ONCE - Thats right,1 for 19 in TDs from inside thier own 20 - Thats an amazing stat considering thier offense almost always performs at a high level.

That stat puts the Patriotsat a level on thier own and by far when you try and get them deep - for all but 21% of the time it has not mattered.

This stat is BS. It excludes, for example, drives in which we started ON our 20 yard line. In the Cleveland game alone there were four such drives, of which we converted zero.

By my quick count, we are 10 of 19 on drives starting on or inside of our own 20, making us 2 for 8 from our own 20. Thats 25%.