I thought this was interesting: "As noted a while back, the last five Super Bowl winners ranked among the NFL's top four in red-zone defense. None of the other statistical categories on either side of the ball produced that kind of uniformity when looking at recent Super Bowl winners. I have entered the numbers into an Excel file and sorted for more than 15 categories on each side of the ball. Red-zone defense rankings of remaining playoff teams: Seattle (2), Carolina (3), Pittsburgh (10) and Denver (28). A look at recent Super Bowl winners and where they ranked in this category: 2004 Patriots (3rd) 2003 Patriots (4th) 2002 Bucs (1st) 2001 Patriots (3rd) 2000 Ravens (2nd) 1999 Rams (23rd) 1998 Broncos (3rd) 1997 Broncos (10th) Note that the 1998 Falcons ranked sixth in red-zone defense, only to lose to a Denver team that ranked third. The 2004 Eagles ranked eighth and lost to a New England team that ranked third. The 1997 Packers ranked ninth and lost to a Denver team that ranked 10th. Those 1999 Rams prevailed with a No. 23 ranking, perhaps in part because Tennessee ranked 20th that season." From: http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/seahawks/
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nflfan04)</div><div class='quotemain'>Stats mean nothing. it all matters what happens on gameday. good research though.</div> So, when your favorite football team meets in their war room on draft day, are they going to be looking at statistics or are they just going to "eeny-meenie-miney-moe" it? Statistics don't tell us what is going to happen, but they do give us some insight as to what is probable given what has happened in the past. I think redzone defense is a good stat to examine seeing how stopping teams from scoring is directly related to winning ballgames. This tells me that perhaps a lot of football fans may be underestimating the Seahawks defense.
So the Hawks may be XL champs? That would be cool except for the fact that the Steelers are my #2 team.
I hope the NFC wins. The Stock market usually does better. Wall Street was quite sideways after the Patriots won.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nflfan04)</div><div class='quotemain'>Stats mean nothing. it all matters what happens on gameday. good research though.</div> So, when your favorite football team meets in their war room on draft day, are they going to be looking at statistics or are they just going to "eeny-meenie-miney-moe" it? Statistics don't tell us what is going to happen, but they do give us some insight as to what is probable given what has happened in the past. I think redzone defense is a good stat to examine seeing how stopping teams from scoring is directly related to winning ballgames. This tells me that perhaps a lot of football fans may be underestimating the Seahawks defense.</div> shouldve been more clear. what i meant by stats are stats like those. not stats like QB rating, those mean something. not that stuff like oh this guy never won here, so its a definite loss for (insert name). they could come to play any game. it all depends on when you ome to play
well actually bobby i think that redzone defense means a lot. i mean think about it if you have a great red zone defense that means you create a lot of turnovers in the final 20 yards and teams score less TDs and more FGs. how is that not valuble. also its pretty fusterating when you drive down the field and dont get 7 points. I think this stat means a lot and it'll definatly effect the games if it keeps up. I see what you are saying though stats dont matter when your on the field but this shows rankings i mean if i tell you a team with the 2nd ranked offense is playing the 10th ranked offense who would you pick to score more. its not as big a deal but its a good stat and it'll effect the games.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'>"eeny-meenie-miney-moe"</div> Isn't that how they made their decision on adding TO?
heres a PERFECT EXAMPLE. Denver was 4-0 when hosting a Championship Game. now theyre 4-1. do you see how pointless that stat is?
