Comments on: When Stats Mislead

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:15:23 +0000

of course your going to have a good third down defense when offense are rarely put in that situation because they are converting alot of first downs on first down and second down. the only defensive stat im concerned with is how many points they allow. thats it. that is the most telling and important stat for a defense.

By: NJBuc

NJBuc — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:32:22 +0000

Jessup,

Good work. Our man Joe is crying alot and it’s surprising. As for what I believe relative to the old Bucs D, what I clearly see is that this bunch has started much faster. Let’s try to keep our heads and not compare a Super Bowl D to a group that has been together for 16 quarters. And in two of those, the second against the Skins and the fourth against the Giants they gave up 46 points on obvious break downs that I would think even mildly astute observers would expect while implementing a new system. While I feel bad for Joe that his dream of the Bucs going 16-0 this year have been dashed, I love what I have seen from the Bucs so far. This is a 6-8 win team with the arrow pointing straight up.

By: So. Ill. Bucs

So. Ill. Bucs — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:54:50 +0000

“Statistics don’t lie, it’s how you interpret them. Statistically, there are 2 popes per square kilometre in the Vatican City.”

By: Jessup

Jessup — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:56:09 +0000

Stats? I got stats!

Through four games we have allowed….

20 1st quarter points
24 2nd quarter points
10 3rd quarter points
37 4th quarter points.

However, we completely fell apart verse the Giants, obviously, and allowed 28 second half points. 25 were in the 4th quarter. That sucks. It also skews the picture when looking at stats. We had a meltdown in NY, but that hasn’t been the norm for this defense.

In our other three games combined we have allowed just 19 points in the second half. THAT is why our 3rd down defense is ranked so high. We actually do cause a lot of three and outs. Especially in the second half.

Also, out of 16 quarters of football so far this season, we have allowed a TD in only 6 of those quarters. The other 10 quarters we have held opposing offenses to field goals or held them scoreless.