Commentaries on power rankings about the D. (1 Viewer)

[Puntz]

It's like none of these writers actually watched the games.

let's see 16 games at roughly 3hrs each= 54 hrs before you sit down at your laptop..how many hrs do you work a week?
Of course they don't watch every game, I'm not sure why that is suprising to some. There are stat sheets for that. 2 weeks in the stats aren't going to tell the whole story. Stats get more accurate with a larger sample. Will the ravens give up 500 yds each week? Probably not. Will Romeo's QB rating continue to be roughly equal to the average falcons fan's IQ? probably not. Are pre-season College polls accurate? um, no

Guys relax about what writers/tv personalities say, roughly half the threads on the front page at any given time are about what someone said/wrote or didn't say/write....just keep winning and let them say what they want

 

[SebaSaint]

this is why I'm liking the Aikman Efficiency Rating right now:

Defense

Aik NFL Team AER
1 2 Broncos (a) 98.3
2 1 Jets (a) 94.4
3 21 Saints 90.2
4 12 Seahawks 89.3
5 7 49ers 85.3
6 10 Redskins 84.7
7 4 Vikings 82.7
8 8 Eagles 82.4
9 17 Ravens (a) 78.8
10 22 Falcons 78.6
11 9 Steelers (a) 78.1
12 6 Cardinals 77.8
13 23 Raiders (a) 77.0
14 29 Rams 76.3
15 5 Bears 75.9
16 19 Packers 75.3
17 26 Titans (a) 75.0
18 11 Bengals (a) 72.5
19 3 Patriots (a) 71.2
20 14 Dolphins (a) 70.1
21 24 Jaguars (a) 69.1
22 20 Chargers (a) 65.1
23 31 Buccaneers 63.6
24 28 Bills (a) 63.4
25 15 Panthers 62.3
26 16 Giants 60.6
27 30 Cowboys 60.6
28 13 Colts (a) 59.4
29 27 Lions 58.8
30 25 Browns (a) 54.9
31 32 Texans (a) 53.0
32 18 Chiefs (a) 52.3

http://saintsreport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123606

 

[antipop]

let's see 16 games at roughly 3hrs each= 54 hrs before you sit down at your laptop..how many hrs do you work a week?
Of course they don't watch every game, I'm not sure why that is suprising to some. There are stat sheets for that. 2 weeks in the stats aren't going to tell the whole story. Stats get more accurate with a larger sample. Will the ravens give up 500 yds each week? Probably not. Will Romeo's QB rating continue to be roughly equal to the average falcons fan's IQ? probably not. Are pre-season College polls accurate? um, no

while i do agree with you, these guys work for major networks....shirley they have interns and other employees that could watch a game or two each and break them down before these on-air personalities go on and spout off nonsense about things they haven't seen

 

[Puntz]

while i do agree with you, these guys work for major networks....shirley they have interns and other employees that could watch a game or two each and break them down before these on-air personalities go on and spout off nonsense about things they haven't seen

possibly with the networks, but honestly if i asked you ( or my 18yr old intern) to give me 3 bullet points about, say, the cincy/GB game, i probably woudn't be able to report it without p'ing off some gb/cincy fans...

the majority of there blogs are done on a very low budget, and i'd bet many are written in a bathrobe, in the kitchen, while watching sportscenter highlights..yet this board and i'm sure many others take them waaaay to seriously

 

[SebaSaint]

The Saints have the #1 Ball Hawking Defense. Our 21 Passes Defensed leads the league outright and our 6 interceptions ties for the Lead with the Eagles and Packers. What is perfect about this is that after the interception, if it is not a Pick6, they hand the ball off to the #1 Offense in the league that then converts it to points.

 

[K.B.]

Yeah from the previous poster, the D has really only given up 10 to Detroit and 13 to Philly, for an average of 11.5

The special teams have got to get much better. It will kill us against someone like the Giants, Pats, Falcons.

Also, the turnovers created Sunday broke the game wide open. So credit to the defense for that. We never saw that in the 3 years under Gibbs.

Giving up 250 yards to Kolb by haltime was unacceptable. We have to get better on pass defense.

this is the big thing for me. im so tired of seeing qb's throw all over us. the run defense is doing pretty well so far this year but i would love to see the pass defense get down to atleast 15th this season.

 

[rechargeable]

Yeah from the previous poster, the D has really only given up 10 to Detroit and 13 to Philly, for an average of 11.5

The special teams have got to get much better. It will kill us against someone like the Giants, Pats, Falcons.

Also, the turnovers created Sunday broke the game wide open. So credit to the defense for that. We never saw that in the 3 years under Gibbs.

Giving up 250 yards to Kolb by haltime was unacceptable. We have to get better on pass defense.

this is the big thing for me. im so tired of seeing qb's throw all over us. the run defense is doing pretty well so far this year but i would love to see the pass defense get down to atleast 15th this season.

Kolb had 190 yards passing at halftime FWIW. 71 on a busted coverage.

 

[stevend]

this is the big thing for me. im so tired of seeing qb's throw all over us. the run defense is doing pretty well so far this year but i would love to see the pass defense get down to atleast 15th this season.

Unfortunately or fortunately if the Saints keep putting up 40 points per game, no matter how good or bad the defense or coordinator is, the Saints will not rank well in pass defense.