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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Yeah, we're definantly better than the Colts.
I want Albert R. Breer to compile some formula to make me a better wide receiver than Wes Welker. I'm pretty sure he could do it.
Welcome to the wonderful world of statistics. Applying a standard formula to those variables, I am sure Breer is correct. The Pats are 5th in the NFL in points scored and 7th in points given up. They probably rank pretty high in first downs as well.
Whether the formula is a realistic indicator of how good a team is represents an entirely different question.
The ranking is probably pretty accurate for what it ranks.
If you add up all the plays each team has had this season, making all of them exactly equal to each other, then the Pats have had the 4th best season so far.
If you weight those plays for their contribution to deciding a win or a loss we come in somewhere around tied for 8th.
The ranking is probably pretty accurate for what it ranks.
If you add up all the plays each team has had this season, making all of them exactly equal to each other, then the Pats have had the 4th best season so far.
If you weight those plays for their contribution to deciding a win or a loss we come in somewhere around tied for 8th.
Ironically if we could have made 2 of those plays that mattered most, we'd be 4th in w/l % too.
Pretty safe to say that the quality the Colts, Saints, Vikings, Chargers have had that results in them succeeding on game deciding plays is more valuable than us succeeding more in the ones that don't decide games.