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[Hail to the Redskins]

I'm sorry, but I have to address this.

GTripp, you come off as so smug and pompous in one breath and then COMPLETELY discredit yourself in the next with the insane amount of contridictions you spew.

Perfect example:

You say this... "I suggest you look at these drive stats before you post anymore. It takes the TOP argument off the table (but not the field position argument). You'll notice the Redskins defense ranks first in punts per drive. Obviously, that's good, and it's a big component of why we give up so few points per game: no team forces more punts than the Redskins. But you'll also notice that we rank 10th in points per drive, and 12th in TDs per drive. Now look at the numbers. We are closer to #25 (Jacksonville) in points per drive than we are to #1 (Baltimore), and we are closer to # 26 (Oakland) in TDs per drive than we are to #1 (Pittsburgh).
This isn't even including the fact that we are in the top seven in Ave. Starting field position.
Here's the point: when you break the points per game stat down, you realize that we're really not that good at preventing points."



Then you spew on about our offense being "one of the best in the league" at ball control??

Using those SAME EXACT STATS from YOUR SOURCE you will see that our offense was ranked 16th in yards per drive, 27th in points per drive, and 28th in TDs per drive. (and these were the rankings BEFORE that incredible offensive output Sunday)

Basically, being 10th in points allowed per drive is terrible, comparable to Jax and Oakland, but our offense being ranked 16th in yards per drive is pretty damned awesome....

EH??

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Hail to the Redskins

Then you spew on about our offense being "one of the best in the league" at ball control??

Using those SAME EXACT STATS from YOUR SOURCE you will see that our offense was ranked 16th in yards per drive, 27th in points per drive, and 28th in TDs per drive. (and these were the rankings BEFORE that incredible offensive output Sunday)

Basically, being 10th in points allowed per drive is terrible, comparable to Jax and Oakland, but our offense being ranked 16th in yards per drive is pretty damned awesome....

EH??

Hey you clicked the link!! Yay! I thought I'd never see this day!

I don't know what you're saying here. By the same measures that says our defense isn't that good at preventing touchdowns, we're terrible at actually scoring touchdowns. AND THAT's ALL VERY TRUE.

But the offense does a lot of things well that isn't scoring touchdowns/points. It moves the ball out of it's own end, chewing up yards AND time, and it doesn't really ever turn the ball over (only Miami gives it up less).

All of those are very, very good things. Now, I don't think our offense is very good, simply because we have such problems getting into the end zone. It's a legitimate problem: that we take too many negative plays in opponents territory. And it's something that needs to be fixed.

But an offense that chews up time, yardage, and doesn't commit the big mistake is valuable even when it's not scoring points (which obviously, ours has not been). Isn't that the big picture here?