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Advanced Football Analytics has Dolphins 2nd best team

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  1. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    article with analytical
    http://www.advancedfootballanalytic...m-efficiency-rankings-week-8?showall=&start=2

    quotes found here

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...nks-dolphins-as-no-2-team-20141029-story.html

    I know this doesn't mean the Dolphins are the 2nd best team in the league. It does show that their numbers back up their wins. Meaning they are not a fluky 4 win team and they have the talent play with the teams in the next four games.

    It also shows that if Miami can get their passing efficiency up, they can be a dangerous team.
     
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  2. Piston Honda

    Piston Honda Well-Known Member

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    Good read, thanks.
     
  3. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent Fighter of the Nightman

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    The one credible win Miami has (NE) may have been a fluke. The other three wins came against 3 of the worst teams in the NFL atm. I'm sure analytics back that up... Would be strange if it didn't.
     
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  4. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    that wasn't a fluke. we just matched up against them very well. Their Oline has improved. we caught them before that happened.
     
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  5. Pandarilla

    Pandarilla Purist Emeritus

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    Nobody change emotionally...could be a trap
     
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  6. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    You keep saying that about NE, but you're forgetting we're one horrible call from the refs of being 3-0 against them.

    Now, the caveat being that simply beating X team doesn't mean you're a better team overall then that team. It just means you match up better with them.
     
  7. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    Cant wait for the Stat boys to come in and argue that someones stats showing our team is 2nd best in the NFL are somehow wrong. Because...any time someone says, "Well yeh but, stats can be used to prove anything." and then they go on about how that isnt true......sooooo here ya go, someone used stats to show we are the best team in the NFL.

    MUST BE TRUE!
     
  8. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    Dolphins are great at everything except passing the ball, so this shouldn't necessarily be surprising.

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  9. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    The irony here is that these are the people that Shouright was accused for shilling for.

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  10. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    Interesting point made by Phil Sims...

    Colleges are getting away from spread option because defenses are catching up....
     
  11. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    Is that why he got banned?
     
  12. Fineas

    Fineas Club Member Luxury Box

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    This is gibberish
     
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  13. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    NE wasn't a fluke, Miami kicked their *** in......
     
  14. roy_miami

    roy_miami Well-Known Member

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    The irony here is I guarantee if Philbin could pick one thing to be the best at it would be passing the ball. His second biggest priority would be stopping the pass.
     
  15. djphinfan

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    I can't recall verbatim but he said that or passer efficiency, or passer rating in his original presser..
     
  16. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I agree with that, that's why I think there is Just a couple things holding us back.
     
  17. Fin4Ever

    Fin4Ever Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Yes and hopefully Marino working with Tanny will help to drastically improve the passing game and get that stat up to 8.5 - 9.5 yards per passing play.
     
  18. Piston Honda

    Piston Honda Well-Known Member

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    The only thing fluky about the NE is that we didn't beat them even worse, and they have also piled up wins vs teams like Oakland, Chicago, NYJ and Minnesota, with two nice wins vs Buffalo and Cincy. So what's your point? Other than crapping on your own team.
     
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  19. Fin4Ever

    Fin4Ever Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    ^^ Thank You Piston
     
  20. emocomputerjock

    emocomputerjock Senior Member

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    but they agree with me this time
     
  21. MikeHoncho

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    Fire everyone.

    That said, all that matters is your ranking at the end of the year.
     
  22. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    This isn't new evidence; it's a formula that's been around for almost a decade and it correctly identified at mid-season (hence, where we are right now) the two teams that made it to the Super Bowl 3 of the last 5 years. Several franchises pay for this formula to study match-ups and tendencies, and it shows exactly what we see on the field. The Fins are a top 2 defense with a below average pass offense that can run the ball effectively. So I take those stats to mean that if Tannehill can figure out how to string together a series of good games, we can be a legitimate playoff threat. Because our defense really is that good.

    On the flip side of things, even the formula's creator was surprised that the Dolphins ranked that high overall. He said in the article that the Dolphins clearly weren't the 2nd best team in football BUT they are playing at levels overall that should have them winning more than they actually are. So it's a compliment and an insult all at the same time.
     
  23. GISH

    GISH ~mUST wARN oTHERS~

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    We're one play from 5-2. Even at 4-3 we are only half a game from 3rd place in the AFC. We aren't the best. Not even close, but there isn't any team I feel we have no chance against. Even denver.

    youre welcome
     
  24. What is the worst a team has finished after being ranked 2nd and what is the average rank of the 2nd best teams?
     
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    PhinFan1968 To 2020, and BEYOND! Club Member

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