rvan1 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 offense, for the last time, is not measured by points. just the same way defense isnt. if a team has a really bad special teams unit, and lets their opponent start from the 50, the special teams is responsible for a lot of the points scored on the defense. same thing with offense. if special teams is great for your team, and you start every drive on the 50, youre gonna score way more than a team that starts on the 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I'm not going to defend the ranking system...but it is what it is...it ranks teams on yardage. Now, both yardage and points are affected by ST and turnovers. But the official ranking is yardage, so when Skins fans say "We're #2 in offense and #4 in defense" we're not making it up...it's a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVCChairman Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 This is understandable. but games arent won by yards gained either...it's won by the points scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvan1 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 I'm not going to defend the ranking system...but it is what it is...it ranks teams on yardage. Now, both yardage and points are affected by ST and turnovers. But the official ranking is yardage, so when Skins fans say "We're #2 in offense and #4 in defense" we're not making it up...it's a fact. EXACTLY! (well said) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvan1 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 This is understandable. but games arent won by yards gained either...it's won by the points scored. thats why they have a separate stat for games in which teams score more points than their opponents... i believe its called "wins" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 We are also tops in the league in 3rd down conversion, time of posession, big yardage plays, yards per drive, etc...this combination of things will translate into points as we become more confident and cohesive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakinandpeakin Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 We are also tops in the league in 3rd down conversion, time of posession, big yardage plays, yards per drive, etc...this combination of things will translate into points as we become more confident and cohesive.... More points than 52! :yikes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC8 Bunta Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 lets just put it this way, without ranks, you cant really say what team is good at what or not good at what. i mean, how else would you measure a team other than stats and rankings? by talent??? yea, Dan Snyder learned that talent alone doesn't win football games. Although stats shouldn't be relied upon too heavily, the majority of the time, they give a pretty good generalization of how good a football team is. some Giants fans are saying we are stat crazy blah blah. so we are... we are a little crazy with the Redskins stats... well... i'm sure if the Giants D wasn't ranked 31st or whatever and was ranked top 5, they'd be flaunting that stat too. i'm sure if we were 31st ranked Defense, we'd say, "we are better than what the stats say." it's a hard truth though, statistics do mean something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-O-G Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I think we need more of these threads...[/sarcasm] ~Post #900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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