RS12
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For those of you who are interested in statistic analysis through two games.
If you were to take the 28-17 loss to the 49ers as an indicator of things to come, you'd be in for a very long season. If you were to take Sunday's 26-10 win over the Titans as a predictor for the rest of the season, you'd probably be erring on the optimistic side.
And when you're stuck in between such contradictory positions, it’s always a good idea to turn towards an impartial observer for some clarity, which is exactly what we’re going to do today, as we turn to the fine folks at Football Outsiders (FO) and their special brand of statistical analysis.
Of course, two games are a very small base to draw any conclusions from, especially when you’re dealing with two such fundamentally different game outcomes as in Weeks 1 & 2, but perhaps there are some stats that are worth looking at more closely as we try to gain a more balanced perspective heading into the Rams game on Sunday.
Overall team effectiveness.
FO normally use a proprietary DVOA rating (which adjusts performance for down and distance situations, quality of opponent and more) for their rankings. This early in the season, their stats haven’t yet been adjusted for quality of opponent. So teams playing, say, the Jacksonville Jaguars are treated exactly the same as teams playing, say, the San Francisco 49ers. Something to keep in mind.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...ective-football-outsider-stats-dallas-cowboys
If you were to take the 28-17 loss to the 49ers as an indicator of things to come, you'd be in for a very long season. If you were to take Sunday's 26-10 win over the Titans as a predictor for the rest of the season, you'd probably be erring on the optimistic side.
And when you're stuck in between such contradictory positions, it’s always a good idea to turn towards an impartial observer for some clarity, which is exactly what we’re going to do today, as we turn to the fine folks at Football Outsiders (FO) and their special brand of statistical analysis.
Of course, two games are a very small base to draw any conclusions from, especially when you’re dealing with two such fundamentally different game outcomes as in Weeks 1 & 2, but perhaps there are some stats that are worth looking at more closely as we try to gain a more balanced perspective heading into the Rams game on Sunday.
Overall team effectiveness.
FO normally use a proprietary DVOA rating (which adjusts performance for down and distance situations, quality of opponent and more) for their rankings. This early in the season, their stats haven’t yet been adjusted for quality of opponent. So teams playing, say, the Jacksonville Jaguars are treated exactly the same as teams playing, say, the San Francisco 49ers. Something to keep in mind.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...ective-football-outsider-stats-dallas-cowboys
