tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post1223959986318647542..comments2023-03-23T07:34:12.473-04:00Comments on Advanced NFL Stats Community: Appreciating how the Old Ones played. Or: Joe Namath in the 2000s.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-45005164368489757222011-10-06T19:37:45.374-04:002011-10-06T19:37:45.374-04:00Ed,
it´s the other way around: (Pass-)Offense is ...Ed,<br /><br />it´s the other way around: (Pass-)Offense is more important than (Pass-)Defense. Running the ball is irrelevant, defending the run is less important than stopping the pass.<br /><br />For RS-Games it´s been proven by Brian and others endlessly, and my own reaserch showed the same is true for playoffs (PPG up, Pass-Efficiency up, besides bad weather)<br /><br />http://community.advancednflstats.com/2011/02/defense-wins-championships.html<br /><br />Karl, GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-16652402874418969842011-10-06T19:35:58.546-04:002011-10-06T19:35:58.546-04:00Ed,
it´s the other way around: (Pass-)Offense is ...Ed,<br /><br />it´s the other way around: (Pass-)Offense is more important than (Pass-)Defense. Running the ball is irrelevant, defending the run is less important than stopping the pass.<br /><br />For RS-Games it´s been proven by Brian and others endlessly, and my own reaserch showed the same is true for playoffs (PPG up, Pass-Efficiency up, besides bad weather)<br /><br />http://community.advancednflstats.com/2011/02/defense-wins-championships.html<br /><br />Karl, GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-61024300050264569512011-10-05T12:11:41.589-04:002011-10-05T12:11:41.589-04:00Even though the NFL has become a passing league th...Even though the NFL has become a passing league there are strong data to support the notion that defence wins games. Both last year and the year before Brian Burke published data on playoff teams which showed that the team with the strongest defence against the run tended to win the game.<br /><br />I say this even though I can't find the exact reference.Ed Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442990388729810908noreply@blogger.com