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Originally Posted by DrSpaceman
Looking beyond the offense/defense straight stats, after 3 games decided to check on the DVOA rankings football outsides uses.
Indy is basically average on defense, rank 15th overall. 1.0 is the number for the D, basically a ranking above average.
The offense is a MINUS 41.4, the worse of any unit offense or defense in the league.
I know the first game hurt, but......ouch, awful. Even with a 31 point game 3.
If its any consolation though, the NE D is minus 35.4. They have it listed wrong in the chart I noticed, but it has to be negative, not positive, for the numbers to make sense overall
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff |
That's what happens when your then starting QB throws two pick sixes and the offense also has a safety against it in the first game. I wonder how much of that -41.4 comes from the Rams game. Furthermore, I wonder how it rates among the worst offensive performances they've ever charted. I wouldn't be surprised if for the two games Brissett has started, the offense was average or better in performance.
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Originally Posted by DrSpaceman
I guess you are right, just seems counterintuitive to me
+ is bad for defense and - bad for offense
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Yes, because DVOA is based on offensive performance, so for a defense, it is better to force the opposing offense to do poorly.