2015, first three drives: Game 1 Punt, punt, downs Game 2-FG,punt, FG Game 3-Punt, punt, punt Game 4-3 punts Game 5-TD, FG, Int Game 6-TD, punt, TD Game 7-Punt, Safety, Punt Game 8-Safey, punt, TD Game 9-FG, safety, punt Game 10-Punt, punt, pick 6 Game 11-Punt, Int, Punt Game 12-3 punts Game 13-Fumble, TD, punt Game 14-3 punts Game 15-safety, int, td Game 16-punt, fg, missed fg 2016 Game 1 - punt, downs, punt Game 2-3 punts
Man...awesome work and point well made. Might be one of the most damning pieces of evidence I've seen of this offense's recent ineptitude. One of those stats/figures that really sums up exactly how we all feel.
Good work! Only issue is that punt rate actually is not a good predictor of wins and losses. Here are the punt attempts per game stats: https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/punt-attempts-per-game?date=2016-02-08 For example, in 2015 the correlation between number of wins and punt attempts per game is -0.196, meaning yes fewer punts per game means it's more likely you win more games, but the strength of the relationship is relatively low (strong correlation is closer to -1 or 1, while weak is closer to 0).
Defense 2015; first three drives Game 1 - 12 plays fg, 10plays missed fg, 3 plays int Game 2 -10 plays td, 8 plays fg, int Game 3- 5 plays td, 8 plays td, punt Game 4-3 plays td, 10 plays fg, 3 plays punt game 5-10 plays fg, 7 plays fumble, 3 plays fumble game 6-3 punts game 7-8 plays td, 9 plays punt, 3 plays punt game 8 - 6 plays punt, 5 plays td, 6 plays punt game 9- 4plays td, 10 plays td, 12 plays missed fg game 10- 3 plays punt, 15 plays int, 3 punt game 11-5 plays down, 3 plays punt , 12 plays td game 12-3 plays punt, 8 plays punt, 15 plays downs game 13-6 plays fg, 4 plays punt, 9 plays td game 14-12 plays td, 3 plays punt, 2 plays int game 15-8 plays punt, 6 plays td, 3 plays punt game 16-3 plays punt, 6 plays punt, 11 plays fg 2016: game 1 5 plays punt, 12 plays fg, 3 plays punt game 2 - 3 TD's - 8 7 and 12 plays
Oh! OK I missed that. Then that's well known about this team. Look at TD's by quarter: http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/splits/_/name/mia/year/2015 Even if those are just passing stats it's pretty clear we've started slow for last few years (again look at TD's, not rating).
My post shows a bad trend. Quick, inefficient offense and a defense that spends a bunch of time on field and allows points Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Okay.....but we have a new coaching staff, an entirely new offense, and we just played on the road against two of the league's toughest team. I'm not sure what that has to do with the first two games last season. And for your information folks, just because Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day and predicts 6 more weeks of winter, it's not actually the beaver changing the cosmos and controlling the weather. It's what we call a coincidence. But this conversation is even more silly than Groundhog Day because very little is the same from one season to the next. New coach. Three different faces on the offensive line. A fully revamped defense. New running backs. So comparing the first two games of last season (where we went 1-1) has nothing to do with this year at all.
Yes, combine the defense giving up long TD drives to start the game with the offense not getting any first downs, and its a recipe for disaster. Today reminded me a lot of Week 1 last season at Washington, with the difference being that Washington couldn't take full advantage.
We can analyze it a lot of ways but basically what you're saying is our offense sucks. Especially when it matters.
