NFL Wild Card Weekend: Coaching carousels and sickle-cells

[Demosthenes11]

wait, that domes shit is wrong.

brady did not play a single dome game this year. his away games were miami, buffalo, jets, broncos, raiders, steelers, washington, eagles - none of those are dome teams

[archibaldcrane]

@Heady - interesting stats.

Andy Dalton: 20 TD, 13 INT, 3,398 YD, 80.4 QBR 152 Rushing YD, 1 Rushing TD
Cam Newton: 21 TD, 17 INT, 4,051 YD, 84.5 QBR 706 Rushing YD, 14 Rushing TD

Similar passing stats, but Cam's rushing threat makes him a lot more... let's say popular than Dalton.

39 times in NFL history has a QB had 35 or more combined passing/rushing TDs in a season. Cam doing it as a rookie is pretty good.

[Headspace]

Passing defense Andy faced (total defense rank on the right)
1.) Pittsburgh (2x) 1
2.) Cleveland (2x) 10
3.) Houston (soon to be 2x) 2
4.) Baltimore (2x) 3
7.) St. Louis 22
8.) Jacksonville 6
11.) Seattle 9
14.) Tennessee 18
15.) Indianapolis 25
16.) San Fransisco 4
17.) Arizona 18
18.) Denver 20
19.) Buffalo 26

The lowest defense he faced was the 19th in pass defense.


Carolina faced the 32nd, 30th (2x), 21 (2x), 20 (x2), 28, 26.
9 times they faced a defense lower than the worst Dalton faced.

[Demosthenes11]

can only play your schedule dude

[Xajii]

The point is that passing is not the end-all for Cam, in fact far from it; and beyond that, it's a big "what-if", because who knows how he would have done against tougher pass defenses?

Anyway, this stupid pissing contest between ROTY and MVP Brees vs. Rodgers is mighty annoying, STFU and be glad you have good players, this is like caring about who wins the Oscars

[Xajii]

Suggs for DPOY

[Mertron]

dram tram

[Cleverness]

Suggs for DPOY

http://www.one4theotherthumb.com/ima...ies/suggs3.jpg

[Tweek]

Passing defense Andy faced (total defense rank on the right)
1.) Pittsburgh (2x) 1
2.) Cleveland (2x) 10
3.) Houston (soon to be 2x) 2
4.) Baltimore (2x) 3
7.) St. Louis 22
8.) Jacksonville 6
11.) Seattle 9
14.) Tennessee 18
15.) Indianapolis 25
16.) San Fransisco 4
17.) Arizona 18
18.) Denver 20
19.) Buffalo 26

The lowest defense he faced was the 19th in pass defense.


Carolina faced the 32nd, 30th (2x), 21 (2x), 20 (x2), 28, 26.
9 times they faced a defense lower than the worst Dalton faced.

do this with Brees and AR12 you'll get similar results and hilarious responses

[Moss]

well

it keeps him from getting exposed

so there's that

How does rarely throwing on running downs keep him from getting exposed?

The words you're looking for are "passer rating".

Yeah, I was thinking that was for the NCAA, but the NCAA one is "passing efficiency"

wait, that domes shit is wrong.

brady did not play a single dome game this year. his away games were miami, buffalo, jets, broncos, raiders, steelers, washington, eagles - none of those are dome teams

Hmmm, I looked at the schedule to double check and thought the Indy game was away. Simmons said it originally though so blame him.

[Headspace]

The point is that passing is not the end-all for Cam, in fact far from it; and beyond that, it's a big "what-if", because who knows how he would have done against tougher pass defenses?

Anyway, this stupid pissing contest between ROTY and MVP Brees vs. Rodgers is mighty annoying, STFU and be glad you have good players, this is like caring about who wins the Oscars

I wish my QB was my #1 running option because Benson fucking sucks

[Xajii]

How do your teams' schedules for next season look?

We have to play the Chargers in San Diego for the third time in a row. At least we get the shitty NFC East.

[Ketsuri]

>implying there's garbage time in Saints games

how do you think Brees broke Marino's record? It wasn't by riding the pine in blowouts.

Cause Rodgers never threw once the game was out of hand. Nope he would hand the ball off, and run the clock out. Not throw passes while up 42-17 against the broncos. Nope Green Bay doesn't do that.

[Headspace]

vs OAK

Only must win game.

[archibaldcrane]

Cause Rodgers never threw once the game was out of hand. Nope he would hand the ball off, and run the clock out. Not throw passes while up 42-17 against the broncos. Nope Green Bay doesn't do that.

i think he actually threw one so far in that game that it hurt your butt

[Xajii]

vs OAK

Only must win game.

One of your two vs. Ravens should be must-win, or else you'll look like derptards

[Xajii]

in b4 comment about refs

[Mertron]

How do your teams' schedules for next season look?

We have to play the Chargers in San Diego for the third time in a row. At least we get the shitty NFC East.

eagles are nfc south and afc north, plus lions and cardinals

we get the saints IN THE DOME ONOES

[Moss]

I wish my QB was my #1 running option because Benson fucking sucks

Benson

Benson has been one of the worst starting running backs in the league for four of the past five years; the exception was 2009, when he was slightly above average. This year, Benson averaged just 3.90 yards per carry and ranked 45th in Football Outsiders' DVOA metric; he was 39th in 2010. He's also not a good receiver, gaining fewer than 4.0 yards per pass target.

Frank Gore

Gore averaged 4.29 yards per carry this season, slightly above the running back average of 4.23, but he was a very boom-and-bust running back. We use a metric called success rate to measure running back consistency (explained here), and Gore had a 42 percent success rate, which ranked 45th in the league. Gore didn't have a strong year as a receiver, either; our DVOA metric ranks him 45th out of 51 backs with at least 25 passes, and his catch rate of 55 percent was very low for a running back.

SPOOOOON

Atlanta's weakside linebacker, Weatherspoon really blossomed in his second season. Weatherspoon was involved in 16 percent of Atlanta's total defensive plays (tackles or assists), which was the third-highest figure for an outside linebacker behind Carolina's James Anderson and Minnesota's Chad Greenway. Weatherspoon was particularly strong when it came to stopping the run, and he made his average tackle on run plays after a gain of just 2 yards -- ranked second among 4-3 outside linebackers. Weatherspoon was also part of a Falcons linebacker group that played excellent pass defense. The Falcons ranked first in the league in DVOA against tight ends and seventh in DVOA against running backs as receivers.

[Xajii]

eagles are nfc south and afc north, plus lions and cardinals

we get the saints IN THE DOME ONOES

Damn that sucks, I count at least 12 games in your season I could see you losing.

Actually I could see you losing every single one of those games except the Bucs.