NFL Records set in 2011 (1 Viewer)

[FUBAR]

Many records were set this year, probably some others I'm not thinking of.

But how many of these actually matter, in the grand scheme of NFL history?

Top 3 in importance IMO:

1. Passing Yards

2. All Purpose Yards

3. Penalties

 

[Popinski]

QB rating?

 

[jon_mx]

QB rating?

That is what I was going to post. An big blunder to leave off that. Rogers has arguably had the greatest QB season ever and that only is apparent if you look at QB rating.

 

[FUBAR]

QB rating?

That is what I was going to post. An big blunder to leave off that. Rogers has arguably had the greatest QB season ever and that only is apparent if you look at QB rating.

I never put much stock into QB rating. maybe that's a mistake on my part.

 

[jon_mx]

QB rating?

That is what I was going to post. An big blunder to leave off that. Rogers has arguably had the greatest QB season ever and that only is apparent if you look at QB rating.

I never put much stock into QB rating. maybe that's a mistake on my part.

It is far from a perfect formula, but it does put weight into percent completion and interceptions vs. TDs. It better captures the performance of a QB better than the other stats. Really, Brees has to be penalized for throwing 14 Ints compared to just 6 by Rogers. Those extra turnovers can be huge.

 

[ThePittbully]

QB rating?

That is what I was going to post. An big blunder to leave off that. Rogers has arguably had the greatest QB season ever and that only is apparent if you look at QB rating.

I never put much stock into QB rating. maybe that's a mistake on my part.

It is far from a perfect formula, but it does put weight into percent completion and interceptions vs. TDs. It better captures the performance of a QB better than the other stats. Really, Brees has to be penalized for throwing 14 Ints compared to just 6 by Rogers. Those extra turnovers can be huge.

At the same time Brees did throw 150 more balls than Rodgers and completed 125 more passes with nearly 1000 more yards

 

[MaxThreshold]

QB rating?

That is what I was going to post. An big blunder to leave off that. Rogers has arguably had the greatest QB season ever and that only is apparent if you look at QB rating.

I never put much stock into QB rating. maybe that's a mistake on my part.

It is far from a perfect formula, but it does put weight into percent completion and interceptions vs. TDs. It better captures the performance of a QB better than the other stats. Really, Brees has to be penalized for throwing 14 Ints compared to just 6 by Rogers. Those extra turnovers can be huge.

At the same time Brees did throw 150 more balls than Rodgers and completed 125 more passes with nearly 1000 more yards

Rodgers didn't even play the last game and he easily would have broke or at least tied Brady's TD record and gone over 5K yards himself. How many times you throw the ball is irrelavent. It's what you do with those throws that counts. QB rating encompasses almost all of that.

 

[sihaokills]

every team is built around the QB. Its obviously all Brees

 

[MaxThreshold]

every team is built around the QB. Its obviously all Brees

And Rodgers. I would say even more so than Brees.

 

[Shane Falco]

IMO all about wins and losses so I said Belichick. Its not about coaches pretending they are playing a game of Madden with real players (Sean Payton)

 

[Tchula]

It isnt like the Saints just pass every down you know. They do rank top ten in rushing, unlike the Packers

 

[Breesisdaman]

It isnt like the Saints just pass every down you know. They do rank top ten in rushing, unlike the Packers

Yes they even have that little smurf Sproles doing this to guys twice his sizehttp://dc255.4shared.com/img/zbc4UwoC/s3/sproles0001.gifAs talented as Reggie Bush was for us he never did that.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Other - The Saints broke the all-time offensive yards from scrimmage record, previously held at 7,075 by the 2000 Rams. New record is 4,474. And with all the hype over Brees and the passing game, they still averaged over 130 yards per game rushing, good for 6th in the league.

To me, this is more impressive than any of the individual statistics. The Rams are commonly talked about as perhaps the best offensive team of all time but the Saints destroyed their record by what is essentially a whole game of offensive production for most teams.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

IMO all about wins and losses so I said Belichick. Its not about coaches pretending they are playing a game of Madden with real players (Sean Payton)

I fail to see how scoring as many points as possible is somehow not conducive to winning.

 

[Tanner9919]

IMO all about wins and losses so I said Belichick. Its not about coaches pretending they are playing a game of Madden with real players (Sean Payton)

I fail to see how scoring as many points as possible is somehow not conducive to winning.

3 of the top ten scoring teams of 2011, failed to make the postseason..Eagles, Chargers, Panthers. Jets were 13th in scoring, finished 8-8.Bills were 14th.Cowboys 15th.Giants were 8th in scoring in 1986,won the SB that year..were 15th in scoring in 1990, won the SB that year.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

3 of the top ten scoring teams of 2011, failed to make the postseason..Eagles, Chargers, Panthers. Jets were 13th in scoring, finished 8-8.Bills were 14th.Cowboys 15th.Giants were 8th in scoring in 1986,won the SB that year..were 15th in scoring in 1990, won the SB that year.

So the recipe for winning a Super Bowl is to score less points? Hmmm......

 

[FUBAR]

3 of the top ten scoring teams of 2011, failed to make the postseason..Eagles, Chargers, Panthers. Jets were 13th in scoring, finished 8-8.Bills were 14th.Cowboys 15th.Giants were 8th in scoring in 1986,won the SB that year..were 15th in scoring in 1990, won the SB that year.

So the recipe for winning a Super Bowl is to score less points? Hmmm......

Were any significant defensive records set this year?

 

[Shane Falco]

IMO all about wins and losses so I said Belichick. Its not about coaches pretending they are playing a game of Madden with real players (Sean Payton)

I fail to see how scoring as many points as possible is somehow not conducive to winning.

No, my point is that he acts like a college coach. Its OK to call off the dogs once in a whilesee games vs- Indy, not to mention the end of the second Falcons game. He's playing to set records going back to when Brees almost broke the Marino record a couple years ago.Whatever, good for him but crap like that comes back to bite you.