10-16-2015, 05:02 PM
(10-16-2015, 04:50 PM)McC Wrote: If the corners are so good, why is your D 27th against the pass? Something does not compute.
Same answer I gave the other poster that asked this exact question yesterday:
"Well, that's because of two things: 1) you're looking at yards/game, which can easily be skewed by garbage time yards (which Indy and Miami had a TON of), and 2) Brady burned them for over 450 yards, which is going to inflate any numbers.
As I said in the OP, the team is 4th in yards/pass attempt allowed and 6th in QB rating against, which are generally more telling stats.
It's also noteworthy that both Gilmore and Darby are in the top 3 in the NFL in passes defended, and rank in the top 4 in QB rating against."
If we go by yards/game, then I'm supposed to believe that the Bears have the #4 overall defense in the NFL...yet somehow, they allow 28.4 points/game, which ranks 29th. You're quite right, something does not compute.
Yards/game is a very flawed analytical tool.