12-26-2021, 12:41 AM
(12-25-2021, 11:02 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In depth look at our defense.
Bengals are middle of the pack in many areas. They are almost dead on league average allowing 4840 total yds (4856 avg) and 5.4 yards per play (5.4 avg). They are 16th in percentage of drives they end with a turnover, 17th in third down conversions rate and 15th in Red zone td percentage.
They are very good at stopping the run (4th in yds/game, 7th rush tds, 10th yds/att).
They give up a lot of passing yards (26th), but they are 16th in pass efficiency rating. I don't understand all the new stats for pass rushing. The Bengals are 8th in sack percentage, but much lower in "hurry percentage" (15th), "pressure percentage" (15th) and "quarterback knockdown percentage" (22nd). All I know is that the pass rush seems solid this year. The jets game seemed like something from the twilight zone. I still do not understand what happened there.
Overall it adds up to the number 11 scoring defense. And points are what it is all about.
I say the numbers back up my overall impression. I think we are good against the run and we get a good pass rush mostly from our d-line. But we have some problems in coverage. Hard to tell if it is players or coaching, but with the pass rush we get we should not give up as many passing yards as we do.
Here are the PFR definitions for the stats you put into quotes, assuming those are the new pass-rush stats you aren't familiar with.
QB Knockdown Percentage - Knockdowns per pass attempt
Pressure Percentage - QB pressures (hurries + knockdowns + all sack plays (half and full for players, just full sacks for teams)) per dropback
Hurry Percentage - QB hurries per dropback
Sometimes a big discrepancy between sack % and pressure % can indicate that your sacks are going to start falling off eventually because you are converting an unusually high amount of pressures into sacks. I haven't studied this much and have no idea if that is the case for us.
