Overall defensive efficiency... (1 Viewer)

[Dirty Weasel]

Last year, there were only 12 teams that gave up less points than yards per game. They were (in order of "efficiency"):

BAL - 201pts/264yds - .76

NE - 237pts/294yds - .81

CHI - 255pts/294yds - .87

NYJ - 295pts/332yds - .89

CIN - 331pts/355yds - .93

DEN - 305pts/326yds - .94

BUF - 311pts/330yds - .94

JAX - 274pts/284yds - .96

KC - 315pts/329yds - .96

MIA - 283pts/289yds - .98

ATL - 328pts/333yds - .98

PHI - 328pts/328.1yds - .9997

I guess these are the defenses that "bend, but don't break". Yup, some useless stat crunching during the offseason.

 

[The Jacket]

Can't be. KC has the worst defense, offense and team in the world!

 

[Dirty Weasel]

Can't be. KC has the worst defense, offense and team in the world!

Last year, KC finished with a record of 9-7, made the playoffs, their offense ranked 15th in pts scored, and their defense ranked 11th in pts scored against.

 

[code]

Not sure I really understand what these numbers mean...

Are you essentially trying to infer redzone efficiency (giving up lots of yards but not points)?

 

[SSOG]

yards per point (and, by extension, points per yard) is one of the most meaningless stats ever. I mean, it actually REWARDS teams for giving up yards. If a team gave up 200 points and 200 yards, the statistic would call their defense worse (or less efficient) than another defense that gave up 200 points and 400 yards. Personally, I'd call a defense that gave up 200 points and 50 yards per game far more efficient than a defense that gave up 200 points and 500 yards per game, despite finishing ten times worse in the "yards per point" metric.

 

[Dirty Weasel]

Not sure I really understand what these numbers mean...Are you essentially trying to infer redzone efficiency (giving up lots of yards but not points)?

I have no idea why I crunched the stats, other than midseason boredom. I thought a trend may appear, but nothing really did jump out at me. Here is how that list finished, in terms of giving up NFL points vs scoring FF points (at least in my league scoring):BAL - 1st, 1stNE - 2nd, 5thCHI - 3rd, 2ndNYJ - 6th, 27thCIN - 17th, 19thDEN - 8th, 16thBUF - 10th, 17thJAX - 4th, 10thKC - 11th, 21stMIA - 5th, 7thATL - 15th, 22ndPHI - 16th, 6thTo me, it was pretty much a given that the list would be mostly the teams that gave up the least points. About the only things I can see are that BAL and CHI are the real deal, and NE, MIA, and JAX shouldn't stray too far from the top again in 2007.

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

For a better perspective on Defensive Efficiency, you may want to consider the following article:

Defending Reality

and the 2005 version:

Defending Reality

 

[Dirty Weasel]

For a better perspective on Defensive Efficiency, you may want to consider the following article:

Defending Reality

and the 2005 version:

Defending Reality

Great reads, Jeff. It's really just common sense, but I love how you broke each stat out, then showed why a combo of stats is better.