06-05-2020, 01:25 PM
I believe the more correct answer is both. I mean they did improve but playing mostly weaker teams factored in as well.
And another factor that goes into all the stats and numbers is you can't daisy chain games at any level of football, it just doesn't hold true. Team A curb stomps team B. We beat the brakes off team A so we're gonna destroy team B this week. Then we play team B and they take us down to the wire get a turnover and kick the game winning FG as the clock runs out.
Teams line up better skills and scheme wise against some teams than they do others. For example the Steelers could run their 3rd string, practice squad, and cheerleaders out there and hang 39 points on us. Then the next week they're playing a team nearly as bad as us in defensive stats and they lose 17-9.
There's just so many things that factor in.
And another factor that goes into all the stats and numbers is you can't daisy chain games at any level of football, it just doesn't hold true. Team A curb stomps team B. We beat the brakes off team A so we're gonna destroy team B this week. Then we play team B and they take us down to the wire get a turnover and kick the game winning FG as the clock runs out.
Teams line up better skills and scheme wise against some teams than they do others. For example the Steelers could run their 3rd string, practice squad, and cheerleaders out there and hang 39 points on us. Then the next week they're playing a team nearly as bad as us in defensive stats and they lose 17-9.
There's just so many things that factor in.
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