SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Of the four Championship Game participants, three of them ranked one, two and four in Team Defense this year. Minnesota, Jacksonville and Philadelphia are all still in the hunt. Of the Top Four defenses, only Denver didn't make it through. And, of course, then there's New England, who ranked nowhere near the Top 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Conclusion: Defense or Cheating gets to Championship Games 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Aren't the Pats at the bottom levels on D? If so, you can say a bit more than nowhere near the top 10.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Pats were 5th in points allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 minute ago, row_33 said: Aren't the Pats at the bottom levels on D? If so, you can say a bit more than nowhere near the top 10.... Pats D has been great since week 5. I don't have the splits, but they got their poop together pretty well after that mess of a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 New England was 29th in Yards Allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Shaw66 said: Pats were 5th in points allowed. Exactamundo.... Points Per Game Leaders RK TEAM YDS YDS/G PASS P YDS/G RUSH R YDS/G PTS PTS/G 1 Minnesota 4415 275.9 3078 192.4 1337 83.6 252 15.8 2 Jacksonville 4578 286.1 2718 169.9 1860 116.3 268 16.8 3 LA Chargers 5254 328.4 3156 197.3 2098 131.1 272 17.0 4 Philadelphia 4904 306.5 3637 227.3 1267 79.2 295 18.4 5 New England 5856 366.0 4020 251.3 1836 114.8 296 18.5 6 Baltimore 5201 325.1 3421 213.8 1780 111.3 303 18.9 7 Pittsburgh 4910 306.9 3217 201.1 1693 105.8 308 19.3 8 Atlanta 5094 318.4 3429 214.3 1665 104.1 315 19.7 9 Chicago 5106 319.1 3376 211.0 1730 108.1 320 20.0 10 New Orleans 5384 336.5 3597 224.8 1787 111.7 326 20.4 11 Carolina 5074 317.1 3665 229.1 1409 88.1 327 20.4 12 LA Rams 5434 339.6 3475 217.2 1959 122.4 329 20.6 13 Dallas 5089 318.1 3425 214.1 1664 104.0 332 20.8 Seattle 5171 323.2 3347 209.2 1824 114.0 332 20.8 15 Kansas City 5842 365.1 3952 247.0 1890 118.1 339 21.2 16 Cincinnati 5425 339.1 3379 211.2 2046 127.9 349 21.8 17 Tennessee 5248 328.0 3828 239.3 1420 88.8 356 22.3 18 Buffalo 5682 355.1 3688 230.5 1994 124.6 359 22.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 If you go strictly by Points Allowed then Four of the Top Five made it to the Championship games. Only the Chargers broke that mold. And...if you look at the Top Ten in Points allowed you get: Minnesota, Jacksonville, LA Chargers, Philadelphia, New England, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans....with only the Charters, Ravens and Bears not making the Playoffs (and we all know what happened to the Ravens). Interestingly, the four remaining teams were ALL in the Top Eleven in Total Offense as well. They came in at 1, 6, 7 and 11. So, it appears that these four teams are ALL pretty well rounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Actually, in points allowed, Minny is #1, Jax is #2, Philly is #4, and NE is #5. It ain't the yards allowed ... it's the points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I will choose to believe the Pats are very very weak on D and Belichick and Patricia are doing their best work of their careers in getting this team this far. and that they love the challenge given them this 2017 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRush Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, SoTier said: Actually, in points allowed, Minny is #1, Jax is #2, Philly is #4, and NE is #5. It ain't the yards allowed ... it's the points. Yep it's all about points - not yards. New England gives up a lot of yardage but when teams get in the redzone, they don't give up TD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 minute ago, BuffaloRush said: Yep it's all about points - not yards. New England gives up a lot of yardage but when teams get in the redzone, they don't give up TD's Philly's D stopped Matt Ryan and Julio Jones when they had first and goal from the 2 yard line or whatever to preserve their win while Pitt's D couldn't stop Blake Bortles and Leonard Fournette all game despite Roethlisberger's 5 TD passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 You can say it's all points, in the win/loss column, but there are other things that come into play there. My point is that the style of game the remaining teams play is generally to stuff the opponents even before they get close to the Red Zone. I'd imagine that will have some impact on the look and feel of the Championship Games. With that said, however, I found it interesting that the four teams were ALSO very highly ranked in Offensive Yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdjr85 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said: Of the four Championship Game participants, three of them ranked one, two and four in Team Defense this year. Minnesota, Jacksonville and Philadelphia are all still in the hunt. Of the Top Four defenses, only Denver didn't make it through. And, of course, then there's New England, who ranked nowhere near the Top 10. Well thia ia misleading because since Week 4 loss to carolina They have allowed 14ppg which is less than any of the other playoff teams left Also they havr allowed a 59.1 completion % on 485 attempts. 6.04 yards per attempt and only 224.7ypg for a 79.7 passer rating over that time 103.6 yard per game on ground. So if you take out the firat 4 weeks there defensive play has been alot.better Fournette will be a non factor this week bortles is gonna have to win the game on his arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdjr85 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Also they have allowed 3 rushing td in last 13 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Cmdjr85 said: Also they have allowed 3 rushing td in last 13 games There are a lot of team statistics that can be cherry picked by removing out-liar games from every team, but I definitely get your point. All four teams are indeed playing very good defense this year. (A bit of side note: we also saw that in the College National Championship Game with both Alabama and Georgia featuring really stout defenses.) It all leads me to believe that the Bills are on the right track with Coach McD. Now, we need to see if we can get a half-way decent NFL Quarterback to go with Coach's natural inclination to build around a stout defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimer1960 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 This has long been the mantra - defense wins championships. But you do generally also need a good competent QB along with a good defense. I expect a lot of help to be brought in for the D this offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 said defense allowed 42 points yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 All top 10 in point scored as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 20 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: All top 10 in point scored as well. True, but I would say if you asked their fans, the personality of every team but the Patriots would be Defense first. And, you might even get a similar response from NE fans with Brady getting older, and a no-name group of WRs and RBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Too bad we have neither a good offense nor a good defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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