Cowboys Stupid Mistake Rating, Week 9

[LeonDixson]

Here's our score each season since 1988, using this formula --

1988 - 23.81
1989 - 22.00
1990 - 18.50
1991 - 13.625
1992 - 14.69
1993 - 14.125
1994 - 15.25
1995 - 14.25
1996 - 17.31
1997 - 15.875
1998 - 13.625
1999 - 17.125
2000 - 21.375
2001 - 18.44
2002 - 19.31
2003 - 17.00
2004 - 20.44
2005 - 17.81
2006 - 17.50
2007 - 15.50
2008 - 19.81
2009 - 15.875

Adam, that must be one heck of a data base you have going. Is it a data base and, if so, what application do you use (if not programmed from scratch)?

 

[fanfromvirginia]

The Human Calculator!
Seriously though, those results are very...interesting indeed. Looks like getting below 15 or better yet, 14 is a recipe for success. If the Boys get rid of some of those ridiculous penalties that could do it.

When I have the time I'll move the data from my Excel spreadsheet into here so people who are interested can see how the the rest of the league is doing. A few teams stood out; in particular, New Orleans' rating is quite bad. They've had a fair amount of both penalties and giveaways.

 

[NMfan]

Thank you. We really need to keep our turnovers to 1 or <1 and our penalties to 6 or less a game to become an elite team.
Interesting.

 

[fanfromvirginia]

Thank you. We really need to keep our turnovers to 1 or <1 and our penalties to 6 or less a game to become an elite team.
Interesting.

One interesting fact is that we've averaged exactly one turnover per game, not counting the Giants game. Of course, that counts but that game really is looking more like an anomaly every week.

 

[fanfromvirginia]

Here's the info for each team. Sorry, no HTML skills so it's a bit rough on the eyes.

In case anyone is wondering, I did divide by games played as NYG and Hou have played 9 games.The first number is TO, the 2nd is penalties and the last is the rating.

Note the NFL average comes in at number 20 because Cleveland and Carolina are pulling everything down.

Also note how well KC is doing and how poorly NO is doing. So there are no doubt much better predictors of success.

1. MIN 8 41 11.125
2. KC 7 48 11.25
3. IND 8 43 11.375
4. NE 7 49 11.375
5. DEN 9 42 12
6. MIA 11 43 13.625
7. GB 8 62 13.75
8. BAL 9 60 14.25
9. SD 11 48 14.25
10. JAC 13 39 14.625
11. CIN 12 47 14.875
12. SEA 14 39 15.375
13. PHI 11 5815.5
14. DAL 11 61 15.875
15. NYG 15 54 16
16. TB 14 44 16
17. ATL 14 45 16.125
18. SF 13 51 16.125
19. PIT 15 40 16.25
    
    NFL 13.75 49.3 16.5
20. HOU 16 56 16.88889
21. CHI 15 51 17.625
22. NYJ 15 52 17.75
23. WAS 16 49 18.125
24. NO 16 52 18.5
25. BUF 15 59 18.625
26. STL 16 55 18.875
27. TEN 18 49 19.625
28. OAK 19 47 20.125
29. ARI1 9 52 20.75
30. DET 18 58 20.75
31. CLE 23 37 21.875
32. CAR 24 47 23.875

 

[burmafrd]

one thing to remember: some official crews through more flags then others- last weeks crew is well known for throwing more flags then any other. You need to factor that in and remove that from the numbers.

 

[fanfromvirginia]

one thing to remember: some official crews through more flags then others- last weeks crew is well known for throwing more flags then any other. You need to factor that in and remove that from the numbers.

That type of thing should even out in the long run.