Why Your Team Beat My Team Or Why My Team Beat Your Team

With the awesome power of hindsight you can mold NFL stats into whatever shape you'd like, and today I did just that.

In this case I was trying to find a stat that accurately measured how well a team performed last season. Common sense says that the average PPG against the average of P-Allowed PG would be a good indicator. Turns out it's a very good indicator.

I was actually shocked at how well it corresponded with the playoff team's records. Check it (teams listed in order of finish at end of regular season):


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{{Let's just call it a Michael Irvin coke break}}

	PPG	PAPG	Differential
San Diego	30.8	18.9	+11.9
Chicago	26.7	15.9	+10.8
Baltimore	22.1	12.6	+9.5
Indy	26.7	22.5	+4.2
New England	24.1	14.8	+9.3
New Orleans	25.8	20.1	+5.7
Philly	24.9	20.5	+4.4
NY Jets	19.8	18.4	+1.4
Seattle	20.9	21.3	-1
Dallas	26.6	21.9	+4.7
KC	20.7	19.7	+1
NY Giants	22.2	22.6	-0.4

As you can see Seattle over-performed again and squeaked bye in a crappy division.

Jacksonville had some tough breaks this year. Sure, they didn't man-up when it counted, but they managed to man-up enough o compile a pretty healthy scoring differential, just not the W's that usually accompany it.

Their line:
23.2     17.1     +6.1
Which is better than half the playoff teams.


AS FOR the Redskins:
19.2     23.5     -4.3
Ouch.

It could've been worse though,
14.9     22.2     -7.3
I could be a Browns fan.

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ESPN: Now With 25% Less Suck

Michael Irvin (snort) has received the ax from ESPN, being replaced by the Tuna. Happy trails, Mike! It's a long a lonely road so pack accordingly, you know, like with foil, a lighter and your friend's crack pipe. I also missed this Irvin gaffe when it happened:

Last season, ESPN did not discipline Irvin after he jokingly suggested that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo's strong performance might be attributed to one of his ancestors sleeping with a slave.

IN OTHER NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...and it's on the internet, so it must be true.

The NFL analyst who took a picture of his penis with a cell phone camera and has shown it to numerous, uncomfortable women, was suspended by his network.

That analyst's name; Sean Salisbury. If you don't believe me just google 'penis' and 'Sean Salisbury' but don't forget the 'Sean Salisbury' part.


ALSO...watching the NBA All-Star game I remembered something funny. Remember when Marv Albert was arrested for biting that lady during sex? That was awesome.


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