Chiefer Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 8:23 PM, Jakuvious said: Yeah, this was talked about a lot in the Chiefs forum throughout the season. Once we hit a few injuries, Mahomes stopped trusting the OL, and started bailing regardless of whether there was pressure or not. His internal clock got messed up a bit. Was easily his biggest flaw on the year. It was better in the post season, actually, and then Tampa happened. This and in shotgun snaps he drops back another 6-15 feet behind the LOS. All DEs had to do was run straight for him without having to turn any sort of corner. If he cant get that figured out then no amount of OL upgrades will matter. Even OB jr wont be able to get a hand on the DEs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Something I put together quickly because I was interested in seeing the variability of good defenses over the past couple of decades. I pulled down the defensive DVOA rankings from Football Outsiders on an annual basis from 2000 to 2020 and created a table to show the output. It shows the average rank over that period for each team, as well as the number of top 10, top 5, and top 3 finishes over that span. It's clear that Baltimore has been on a completely different level than the rest of the league. They averaged a 6th place ranking; the next closest team averaged a ranking of 13th (Chicago). Baltimore also finished inside the top 10 a total of 19 times over 21 years, and top 5 a total of 12 times, which are both ridiculous. They are the massive outlier over the past 2 decades. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeTheBallDeep Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Pat McAfee had Fred Taylor on his show yesterday and I found it a little surprising that Fred is Top 10 all time in career 100 yard rushing games Emmit Smith 78 Walter Payton 77 Barry Sanders 76 Eric Dickerson 64 Jerome Bettis 61 Edgerrin James 57 Curtis Martin 57 A.P 56 Jim Brown 55 Fred Taylor 49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letsch80 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, HTTRDynasty said: Something I put together quickly because I was interested in seeing the variability of good defenses over the past couple of decades. I pulled down the defensive DVOA rankings from Football Outsiders on an annual basis from 2000 to 2020 and created a table to show the output. It shows the average rank over that period for each team, as well as the number of top 10, top 5, and top 3 finishes over that span. It's clear that Baltimore has been on a completely different level than the rest of the league. They averaged a 6th place ranking; the next closest team averaged a ranking of 13th (Chicago). Baltimore also finished inside the top 10 a total of 19 times over 21 years, and top 5 a total of 12 times, which are both ridiculous. They are the massive outlier over the past 2 decades. Seems about right. As a ravens fan I can only remember a couple of subpar defensive units during that time. So many of those great defenses were wasted by terrible offensive play, there 2006 defense was almost as good as that 2000 unit in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Letsch80 said: Seems about right. As a ravens fan I can only remember a couple of subpar defensive units during that time. So many of those great defenses were wasted by terrible offensive play, there 2006 defense was almost as good as that 2000 unit in my opinion. Yeah, it looks like the Ravens' lowest ranking during that period was 22nd in 2015. On a pure DVOA percentage basis, it looks like their best defensive season was 2008, with a -28% DVOA. Ironically, they were only ranked 2nd that year, as the Steelers had a -29% DVOA. The best individual season DVOAs over that period were 1) Tampa with -31% in 2002, 2) Pittsburgh with -29% in 2008, and 3) Buffalo with -28% in 2004. Baltimore's '08 season was 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, HTTRDynasty said: Yeah, it looks like the Ravens' lowest ranking during that period was 22nd in 2015. Notably, the other time they finished outside the top 10 they finished 19th in 2012, which was the year they won the SB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, TakeTheBallDeep said: Pat McAfee had Fred Taylor on his show yesterday and I found it a little surprising that Fred is Top 10 all time in career 100 yard rushing games Emmit Smith 78 Walter Payton 77 Barry Sanders 76 Eric Dickerson 64 Jerome Bettis 61 Edgerrin James 57 Curtis Martin 57 A.P 56 Jim Brown 55 Fred Taylor 49 Only 3 active players in the Top 25 and none are currently on a team (AP, Frank Gore, LeSean McCoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matts4313 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 4 hours ago, HTTRDynasty said: Its not weighted by position so it is inherently flawed. Still cool to look at as a general reference. Are we able to link to Reddit now? I thought that was a no-no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: Are we able to link to Reddit now? I thought that was a no-no Not sure. I wasn't aware, if so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 10:41 AM, TakeTheBallDeep said: Pat McAfee had Fred Taylor on his show yesterday and I found it a little surprising that Fred is Top 10 all time in career 100 yard rushing games Emmit Smith 78 in 219 starts Walter Payton 77 in 184 starts Barry Sanders 76 in 151 starts Eric Dickerson 64 in 136 starts Jerome Bettis 61 in 153 starts Edgerrin James 57 in 135 starts Curtis Martin 57 in 166 starts A.P 56 in 164 starts Jim Brown 55 in 118 starts Fred Taylor 49 in 137 starts Great list. I added starts for Jim Brown and Barry Sanders context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 9 hours ago, HTTRDynasty said: Teams in the bottom half of that chart have won 3 of the last 5 SBs, made a fourth, and all had 1 thing in common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 15 hours ago, ChazStandard said: Teams in the bottom half of that chart have won 3 of the last 5 SBs, made a fourth, and all had 1 thing in common. Imagine how much better they'd be long-term if they had drafted well during that period... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 20 hours ago, HTTRDynasty said: Imagine how much better they'd be long-term if they had drafted well during that period... Trust me, we know. ...we could have had Nick Chubb over Sony Michel, and AJ Brown over N'Keal Harry.😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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