{"id":13287,"date":"2012-01-28T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T18:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=13287"},"modified":"2012-01-28T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T18:32:10","slug":"revising-the-nfls-rating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/revising-the-nfls-rating-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Revising the NFL’s rating system"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL keeps lots and lots of statistics, but the traditional way of ranking teams is based on total yardage gained and lost. Using that measurement, the two worst defensive teams in the league were the top seeds in their respective conferences, and one of them is appearing in the Super Bowl next week. That doesn’t seem to be an accurate way of comparing teams, as John Holler<\/a> points out:<\/p>\n

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A more accurate reflection should be taking in three factors, not just yards gained or allowed. In realistic terms, there should be two other criteria measured. Seeing as games are decided by points scored, that should be factored in. Also, there are defenses that are known as \u201cbend, don\u2019t break.\u201d They allow yards, but, once in the red zone, they stiffen up and turn potential touchdowns into field goals.<\/p>\n

While not a perfect system, the numbers bear out that this is a much more accurate reflection of the true value of an offense or a defense. According to the \u201cofficial\u201d numbers, the Eagles were a top-eight team in both offense and defense. Reality said otherwise.<\/p>\n

What follow are VU\u2019s reality rankings of NFL offenses and defenses. Each team is ranked in three categories \u2013 yards, points and red zone touchdown percentage. The first figure is where offenses and defenses were ranked for comparison purposes.<\/p>\n

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Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1. New England \u2013 2-3-2 (7)
\n2. Green Bay \u2013 3-1-3 (7)
\n3. New Orleans \u2013 1-2-6 (9)
\n4. Detroit \u2013 5-4-4 (13)
\n5. Carolina \u2013 7-5\u00bd-7 (19\u00bd)
\n6. San Diego \u2013 6-5\u00bd-10 (21\u00bd)
\n7. N.Y. Giants \u2013 8-9-8 (25)
\n8. Philadelphia \u2013 4-8-14 (26)
\n9. Atlanta \u2013 10-7-13 (30)
\n10. N.Y. Jets \u2013 25-13-1 (39)
\n11. Buffalo \u2013 14-14-11 (39)
\n12. Oakland \u2013 9-16-16 (41)
\n13. Tennessee \u2013 17-21\u00bd-5 (43\u00bd)
\n14. Baltimore \u2013 15-12-17 (44)
\n15. Dallas \u2013 11-15-20 (46)
\n16. Minnesota \u2013 19-19-9 (46)
\n17. Houston \u2013 13-10-25 (48)
\n18. Pittsburgh \u2013 12-21\u00bd-18 (51\u00bd)
\n19. Chicago \u2013 24-17-12 (53)
\n20. Arizona \u2013 19-24-15 (58)
\n21. Cincinnati \u2013 20-18-26 (64)
\n22. Miami \u2013 22-20-24 (66)
\n23. Tampa Bay \u2013 21-27-19 (67)
\n24. San Francisco \u2013 26-11-30 (67)
\n25. Denver \u2013 23-25-23 (71)
\n26. Washington \u2013 16-26-29 (71)
\n27. Seattle \u2013 28-23-22 (73)
\n28. Jacksonville \u2013 32-28\u00bd-21 (81\u00bd)
\n29. Indianapolis \u2013 30- 28\u00bd-27 (85\u00bd)
\n30. Cleveland \u2013 29-30-28 (87)
\n31. Kansas City \u2013 27-31-32 (90)
\n32. St. Louis \u2013 31-32-31 (94)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1. Baltimore \u2013 3-3-1 (7)
\n2. San Francisco \u2013 4-2-4 (10)
\n3. Houston \u2013 2-4-9 (15)
\n4. Pittsburgh \u2013 1-1-17 (19)
\n5. Cleveland \u2013 10-5-3 (18)
\n6. Miami \u2013 15-6-6 (27)
\n7. Seattle \u2013 9-7-11 (27)
\n8. Tennessee \u2013 18\u00bd-8-10 (36\u00bd)
\n9. Arizona \u2013 18\u00bd-17-2 (37\u00bd)
\n10. Chicago \u2013 17-14-7 (38)
\n11. Atlanta \u2013 12-18-8 (38)
\n12. Washington \u2013 13-21-5 (39)
\n13. Jacksonville \u2013 6-11-23 (40)
\n14. N.Y. Jets \u2013 5-20-16 (41)
\n15. Cincinnati \u2013 7-9-25 (41)
\n16. Kansas City \u2013 11-12-18 (41)
\n17. Philadelphia \u2013 8-10-30 (48)
\n18. Dallas \u2013 14-16-19 (49)
\n19. Detroit \u2013 23-23-12 (58)
\n20. Denver \u2013 20-24-15 (59)
\n21. St. Louis \u2013 22-26-13 (61)
\n22. New Orleans \u2013 24-13-28 (65)
\n23. Minnesota \u2013 21-31-14 (66)
\n24. San Diego \u2013 16-22-29 (67)
\n25. New England \u2013 31-15-21\u00bd (67.5)
\n26. Green Bay \u2013 32-19-20 (71)
\n27. N.Y. Giants \u2013 27-25-21\u00bd (73\u00bd)
\n28. Carolina \u2013 28-27-27 (82)
\n29. Indianapolis \u2013 25-28-31 (84)
\n30. Oakland \u2013 29-29-26 (84)
\n31. Tampa Bay \u2013 30-32-24 (86)
\n32. Buffalo \u2013 26-30-32 (88)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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