Hawkeye0202
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Interesting coz someone mentioned in another thread Dak struggles with zone coverage.............
https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/11/14/examining-buffalo-bills-problems
• As for trends, I am planning on diving into that more in the coming days, but one that I thought was really interesting, raised by an NFC exec, was the effect that the spread of Vic Fangio’s defensive scheme has had on the NFL.
According to this team’s numbers, heading into Week 10, NFL defenses were playing zone coverage 71% of the time, and with two high safeties 41% of time—both of those numbers stood as all-time highs for as long as this stuff’s been recorded. That, in turn, has led to fewer yards per play, fewer big plays, and, ultimately, less scoring, with teams forced to work the ball down the field more methodically (which limits possessions and shortens the game).
How much less scoring? Well, again, going into Week 10, it was 21.7 points per team per game, the fifth-lowest total since 2000, and the lowest, period, since ’05.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/11/14/examining-buffalo-bills-problems
• As for trends, I am planning on diving into that more in the coming days, but one that I thought was really interesting, raised by an NFC exec, was the effect that the spread of Vic Fangio’s defensive scheme has had on the NFL.
According to this team’s numbers, heading into Week 10, NFL defenses were playing zone coverage 71% of the time, and with two high safeties 41% of time—both of those numbers stood as all-time highs for as long as this stuff’s been recorded. That, in turn, has led to fewer yards per play, fewer big plays, and, ultimately, less scoring, with teams forced to work the ball down the field more methodically (which limits possessions and shortens the game).
How much less scoring? Well, again, going into Week 10, it was 21.7 points per team per game, the fifth-lowest total since 2000, and the lowest, period, since ’05.