Keys to the Sea at Dal game

[xwalker]

I don't see how they could fall from 3 to 24 or so. They've given up 794 rushing yards. Only seven teams are worst. Take 227 away from last week and you have 95 YPG given up prior to last week. That can't be the 3rd best rushing defense in the league. The Jets haven't given up but 429 so far. A couple teams are in the low 500s.

The Giants at the end of week 7 had given up 794 yards rushing. Subtracting the 233 they gave up to the Cowboys leaves 561 yards allowed prior to the Cowboys game.

The current 1st place team (Jets) are currently at 429 but have played 1 less game. Adding their average of 71.5 to 429 gives them a projected number at 505.5 total yards allowed.

The current 2nd place team (Oakland) are currently at 506 but with 1 less game played. Add their average for the missed game 506 + 84.3 = 590.3 yards allowed (projected).

Summary (prior to this week):
Jets 505.5 projected
Giants 561
Oakland 590.3 projected

Therefore, when taking into account the bye week that teams like the Jets and Oakland have had but that the Giants have not had, then it's not hard to see that they could have been ranking highly in rushing yards allowed prior to the Cowboys game.

The other way to look at it is that the Giants had given up the 561 yards prior to the Cowboys game. 561 yards over 6 games gives a 93.5 ypc which would rank 6th when compared to the averages allowed prior to today.

If I could find the thread that I made before the Giants gave I would know the exact rankings prior to the Cowboys vs Giants game but I didn't have any luck searching from Google.

 

[jobberone]

The Giants at the end of week 7 had given up 794 yards rushing. Subtracting the 233 they gave up to the Cowboys leaves 561 yards allowed prior to the Cowboys game.

The current 1st place team (Jets) are currently at 429 but have played 1 less game. Adding their average of 71.5 to 429 gives them a projected number at 505.5 total yards allowed.

The current 2nd place team (Oakland) are currently at 506 but with 1 less game played. Add their average for the missed game 506 + 84.3 = 590.3 yards allowed (projected).

Summary (prior to this week):
Jets 505.5 projected
Giants 561
Oakland 590.3 projected

Therefore, when taking into account the bye week that teams like the Jets and Oakland have had but that the Giants have not had, then it's not hard to see that they could have been ranking highly in rushing yards allowed prior to the Cowboys game.

The other way to look at it is that the Giants had given up the 561 yards prior to the Cowboys game. 561 yards over 6 games gives a 93.5 ypc which would rank 6th when compared to the averages allowed prior to today.

If I could find the thread that I made before the Giants gave I would know the exact rankings prior to the Cowboys vs Giants game but I didn't have any luck searching from Google.

Disregarding all that since you're projecting stats into the future and I have different yardages for the Giants and NY/Dal game, you can't use YPG with a team that is dead last in pass pressure and next to last in pass defense. There are enough teams that have played the same number of games that the stats aren't that skewed for the entire league. Even with such a poor pass defense teams are still running of the Giants which says a lot.

As an aside, while it doesn't bother me but adds to the thread, many people don't even bother with posting threads like this because inevitably you guys pick it to death with negativity or in this instance focusing on one stat ignoring the rest of the article.

 

[xwalker]

Disregarding all that since you're projecting stats into the future and I have different yardages for the Giants and NY/Dal game, you can't use YPG with a team that is dead last in pass pressure and next to last in pass defense. There are enough teams that have played the same number of games that the stats aren't that skewed for the entire league. Even with such a poor pass defense teams are still running of the Giants which says a lot.

As an aside, while it doesn't bother me but adds to the thread, many people don't even bother with posting threads like this because inevitably you guys pick it to death with negativity or in this instance focusing on one stat ignoring the rest of the article.

Ok, I have found my thread that I posted before the Giants game. They were 7th in rush yards allowed prior to the Cowboys game.
http://cowboyszone.com/threads/cowboys-vs-giants-stats-and-notes.334425/

The issue is that many of us while disappointed in losing, were excited about the resurgence in the Cowboys running game. Then, when we first see something indicating that the Giants were 29th in rush yards allowed if takes away some of that excitement initially; however, after a little thought it occurs to us that the Giants were actually one of the top teams against the run not in the bottom 3.