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He does and if McNabb can stay healthy his schedule is nice..... 7 ez....with good playoff matchups.
We release new SOS every week during the season.
Below is a link to an excel spreadsheet I created using the data provided...http://www.sendspace.com/file/dk2s0p
The kid might just have 1000 yards in the first 7 weeks.
There are 3 tabs on this sheet, but only the tab marked QB has data on it??
I haven't completed the RB or WR data yet. I only wanted to make sure you all could download the file from the link I provided. I take it by your remark that the download was successful, so I will provide a new link when I finish.
flawed.Az is listed as a cold team with a bad schedule, for weeks 14-17.
Rushing DefenseTeam G Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TDs FDs 20+Minnesota 16 348 21.8 985 2.8 61.6 9 53 8Baltimore 16 367 22.9 1214 3.3 75.9 5 59 4Pittsburgh 16 408 25.5 1412 3.5 88.2 9 72 5Jacksonville 16 420 26.2 1460 3.5 91.2 14 94 6New England 16 388 24.2 1507 3.9 94.2 11 67 6Chicago 16 402 25.1 1590 4.0 99.4 7 77 13San Diego 16 386 24.1 1613 4.2 100.8 13 87 8Miami 16 461 28.8 1618 3.5 101.1 7 72 3Atlanta 16 442 27.6 1657 3.7 103.6 14 97 5Dallas 16 429 26.8 1659 3.9 103.7 12 88 5Carolina 16 449 28.1 1737 3.9 108.6 10 96 11Denver 16 447 27.9 1813 4.1 113.3 13 97 9Green Bay 16 441 27.6 1825 4.1 114.1 12 95 7New York (N) 16 458 28.6 1830 4.0 114.4 19 106 8Cincinnati 16 448 28.0 1863 4.2 116.4 15 109 10Arizona 16 458 28.6 1897 4.1 118.6 16 114 9Tampa Bay 16 497 31.1 1917 3.9 119.8 11 108 13Kansas City 16 461 28.8 1928 4.2 120.5 14 109 9San Francisco 16 473 29.6 1936 4.1 121.0 18 107 5Houston 16 446 27.9 1956 4.4 122.2 16 115 11Detroit 16 492 30.8 2010 4.1 125.6 18 111 11[b]Seattle 16 441 27.6 2029 4.6 126.8 12 102 17[/b][b]New Orleans 16 418 26.1 2063 4.9 128.9 10 96 14[/b]New York (A) 16 453 28.3 2084 4.6 130.2 14 111 6Oakland 16 542 33.9 2144 4.0 134.0 15 107 10Philadelphia 16 489 30.6 2182 4.5 136.4 12 126 8Washington 16 492 30.8 2197 4.5 137.3 9 104 11Buffalo 16 476 29.8 2254 4.7 140.9 14 117 13Cleveland 16 514 32.1 2275 4.4 142.2 14 107 16Tennessee 16 506 31.6 2313 4.6 144.6 20 121 16[b]St. Louis 16 477 29.8 2327 4.9 145.4 21 121 17[/b]Indianapolis 16 519 32.4 2768 5.3 173.0 20 150 18
I think you'll be surprised at both New Orleans and Atlanta's run defense in 2007
Can you elaborate?
Yikes. Somehow, my Excel file had an incorrect week 17. The corrections have been sent to Dodds. I apologize for the error.
That's a very good question.1) The strength of the defense is extremely hard to predict from one year to the next. Remeber when people were drafting Tampa Bay and New England in the 7th or 8th round? Things change fast on defense. Much depends on the team's ability to win, and the ability of the offense to stay on the field. 2) The quality of the opposing offense will vary greatly. That also makes it hard to assess defensive strength.3) The strength of the defense will not be consistent. This could vary to to injury, weather conditions, importance of the game (are they already eliminated from the playoffs), or the rate at which rookies develop and become consistent starters.4) Some teams - such as the Patriots - will attack the main weakness of the opposing team. This might mean that they run 45 times one game and pass 45 times the next. A defense is not necessarily good just because it allows few points to the run while allowing a lot of points to the pass. 5) Some teams will play to their strengths, and will focus on the pass or the run every week. The Rams like to throw, and Bulger had 356/3 vs. the Bears' 6th-rated pass defense last year. The Jaguars like to run and Jones-Drew had 172 combined yards and two TDs against the Patriots' 5th-ranked run defense last year. Peyton Manning and LT usually do well against any defense.6) Those defenses that do play against the studs such as Manning, Brees, McNabb, and Bulger, or LT, Jackson, Gore, are likely to have a skewed value overall. The same goes for TE values for teams that face Gates.7) Weak teams will fail miserably to compete and so their opponents get a lead and run all over them when the game is safe. That leads to statistics that are the result of that weakness, such as the Raiders allowing the fewest points to opposing QBs last year.Anything that we can use to gain an edge is important, but there are so many variables here. Forecasting which teams will have the toughest run or pass defense is almost futile until we have something meaningful to go on. I certainly wouldn't place too much emphasis on looking for players that have weak schedules in weeks 14-16. After 8-10 weeks, I might try to trade for players that fit that description, but not in the initial draft.
Thanx, Clayton. Great stuff, BTW. Just so you know, it looks like week 17 is mixed up not only on RB SOS, but on all positions. For those trying to use the chart now, just know that when it gets reposted, the following columns will change for all positions: 07sos, %ch, EZ, Tuf, Lst5, 15-17, and W17. All other columns should be correct, unless I missed anything else.
They are now correct.
Below is the new link to the excel spreadsheet...http://www.sendspace.com/file/hd1xof
