06-24-2017, 07:19 PM
(06-23-2017, 08:30 PM)Dr. Bombay Wrote: I hear a lot of people claiming that the Bengals never make any adjustments to their game plans when something goes wrong, but here are some interesting numbers to consider. Since 2011 the Bengals are 9th in the league in come from behind victories (31). but that does not tell the entire story. The Bengals also have the 7th best winning percentage in games in which they trailed at some point (.464). Only five teams in the league have both more come-from behind victories and a better winning percentage in games where they trailed. For example the Dolphins have one more come from behind victory, but 15 more losses in games where they trailed for only a .386 winning percentage.
Dalton has been very clutch when it comes to fourth quarter comebacks. (Profootballreference.com defines a "4th quarter comeback" as a fourth quarter scoring drive when the team is trailing by one score in a game that ends in a win or tie). He has finished in the top 5 in fourth quarter comebacks three times (fourth in '11, fourth in '14, and second in '15). Since he entered the league in '11 Dalton has a total of 14 fourth quarter comebacks. That ranks 8th in the league.
Dalton has also been very good at "game winning drives" (a scoring drive in the fourth quarter or overtime that puts the winning team ahead to stay) he has finished in the top 8 four times (fifth in '11, sixth in '12, sixth in '14, and eigth in '15). Since '11 Dalton also ranks 8th in game winning drives with 17.
As you said in the D-line thread, stats can be misleading. I would wager there has not been more than a handful of games in the Dalton era, and damn few more in the entire Lewis era where they Bengals led from first score to finish. So, when you are down at some point in every game you have lots of chances for come from behind wins, and if you ever win it counts toward the winning percentage in that category.
I have said for about 10 years now this is Lewis's fatal flaw as a coach. If he is up by 3 he coaches like he is up by 30. If he is down by 30 he coaches like he is up by 14. Consequently, his team rarely holds a lead for very long and is almost always well behind in the 4th quarter.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
