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Around SBN: The Gift Of The 2003 Tigers

D doesnt always win Championships

Im not a big stat guy so im going to try and make this as short and sweet as I can.

Herms a defensive minded coach and thats good but to me D doesnt take you all the way. You've got to have an offense and actually put TD's and not FG's on the scoreboard.

here are some stats I found online from the Ravens D over the last couple years.

2001  Points allowed per game (16.6) 4th best in NFL  take/give aways [-8] 23rd best that year they lost in the 1st round of the playoffs                                 

2003 (17.6) 6th    [+3] 9th            lost in wildcard

2004 (16.8) 6th   [+11] 5th        no playoff appearance

2005 (18.7) 10th  [-10] 28th     no playoff appearance

2006 (12.6) 1st   [+17] 1st       lost in 1st round

 sorry Im at work and didnt have time to find pass/rush yards but the point im trying to prove is even with a D that can shut out opponents you still have to be able to score. To me these are the most important stats anyway how much you let the other team score and how well you take care of the ball yourself.

sorry its a pretty sloppy post.

 

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You still have to stop teams

Even the year the Colts won there defense stepped it up. They won because of tough defense through the playoffs. If you can’t stop anyone it doesn’t matter how many points you score, IE the 2003 Chiefs.

by cmpotter on Oct 13, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply actions  

I remember sitting at my house the night the Bronco's lost AT home

And fireworks started going off. It was…something memorable.

Kansas City really does love the Chiefs. The town turns red on Sunday.

I miss that atmosphere.

by AngryJesus on Oct 13, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was in disbelief of the day.

I was at the game when they showed the Steelers win right at the end of the game.
Awesome day. People don’t understand it where I live now. I live in Florida and all they know about the Chiefs is what they are doing now. They don’t understand how I can subject myself to a losing team. All I can say is I am a fan.

by cmpotter on Oct 13, 2008 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sorry

but try being a fan in canada where NFL football is cut out to watch the “Canadian Junior Hockey Tournament!!”… I hate hockey.

by Ben S on Oct 13, 2008 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Both are required

I will see if I can find it but I believe that no team has won the super bowl in the last 20 years without BOTH sides being in the top half of the league.

by tevans96 on Oct 14, 2008 12:53 AM CDT reply actions  

Ok here are the stats for the SB winners, last 20 years

These are the scoring ranks not yardage ranks because really yards don’t tell the story, points do.

There were only 3 times that one side of the ball or other was out of the top half of the NFL, twice in the last year, I have put these in bold. I noticed there is a lot more fluxuation the last few years (2000 and on). I also saw that in more years the offense was the stronger side of the super bowl winning team.

Season Team Off Def (scoring ranks)

2007 NYG 14th 17th
2006 Indy 2nd 23rd
2005 Pittsburgh 9th 3rd
2004 NE 4th 2nd
2003 NE 12th 1st
2002 TB 18th 1st
2001 NE 6th 6th
2000 Balt 14th 1st
1999 St. L 1st 4th
1998 Den 2nd 8th
1997 Den 1st 6th
1996 GB 1st 1st
1995 Dallas 3rd 3rd
1994 49ers 1st 6th
1993 Dallas 2nd 2nd
1992 Dallas 2nd 5th
1991 Wash 1st 2nd
1990 NYG 13th 1st
1989 49ers 1st 3rd
1988 49ers 1st 3rd

Average Ranking 5th 5th

  1. of times ranked 1st 7 5
  2. of times stronger side 10 6 (4 times tied)

by tevans96 on Oct 14, 2008 1:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

wow my formating really got messed up

Hope you can make out the numbers, I might try to fix this and repost it later.

by tevans96 on Oct 14, 2008 1:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

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