SI Ranks Offensive Backfields

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Brian Orakpo

I went ahead and made a new defensive ranking that adds in sacks and turnovers.

What I did was I took the defensive ypg rankings for 2008 for each team and put them on one side. Then I took the sack rankings and turnover rankings for 2008 and averaged them out. This gave me each teams big play ranking for 2008.

Heres the Big Play Rankings List for 2008.....

ten 4
pit 5.5
bal 6
nyj 6
phi 6
mia 6.5
ari 9.5
min 9.5
dal 10.5
car 12
chi 12
tb 12.5
nyg 13
ind 14.5
stl 14.5
oak 15
cle 16.5
ne 17
sea 18
gb 18.5
atl 19.5
sd 19.5
kc 20.5
det 21
no 21
sf 22
cin 23.5
hou 23.5
buf 24
jac 25.5
was 28
den 29

The Skins ranked next to last in Big Plays last year. The good news is with Haynesworth in DC now maybe he can help us like he did Tennessee in this department.

When I take these numbers and average them out with the defensive ypg stat ranking for 2008 heres what I came up with.....

New Adjusted Defensive Rankings for 2008

1. pit 3.25
2. bal 4
3. phi 4.5
4. ten 5.5
5. min 7.75
6. nyg 9
7. dal 9.25
8. mia 10.75
8. tb 10.75
10. nyj 11
11. ind 12.75
12. ne 13.5
13. ari 14.25
14. car 15
15. was 16
16. chi 16.5
17. sf 17.5
18. cin 17.75
19. buf 19
20. gb 19.25
21. oak 21
22. cle 21.25
22. jac 21.25
22. stl 21.25
25. atl 21.75
26. no 22
27. sd 22.25
28. hou 22.75
29. sea 24
30. kc 25.75
31. det 26.5
32. den 29

So you are right that the Redskins defense if you factor in the big plays on defense last year (sacks/turnovers) wasnt as good as other stats that dont factor in big plays suggest. While I dont think the Skins defense was 15th last year it is a pretty interesting stat if you like to factor in sacks and turnovers.

Hopefully with the additions we have made on defense we will have alot more sacks and turnovers in 2009.

Nice insight, BO. I think last year overall we fell somewhere in between 4th and 15th, probably around the 8-10 range. Good post.

[Monksdown]

this thread is an example of why i hate mile long quotes. please stop quoting the statistics that probably have atleast a 30% margin of error in relation to next year's 'skins.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

this thread is an example of why i hate mile long quotes. please stop quoting the statistics that probably have atleast a 30% margin of error in relation to next year's 'skins.

but why does the long quote matter for that part? you could always just scroll past it.

Originally Posted by Monksdown

please stop quoting the statistics that probably have atleast a 30% margin of error in relation to next year's 'skins.

If you are referring to the statistics I listed it has no relation to this years Skins. Those stats were talking about the 2008 Redskins and how good their defense was if you factor in sacks and turnovers.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

this thread is an example of why i hate mile long quotes. please stop quoting the statistics that probably have atleast a 30% margin of error in relation to next year's 'skins.

So if not statistics then do you want people to give you opinions, hunches, and/or speculations?

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

this thread is an example of why i hate mile long quotes. please stop quoting the statistics that probably have atleast a 30% margin of error in relation to next year's 'skins.

Sorry, didn't mean to give your scrolling finger such a tough workout. Care to add anything to the thread?

Originally Posted by redskins1974

To me, the fact the Defense didnt get alot of sacks and turnovers was annoying, but ultimately they didnt give up alot of yards or points - bottom line. Now turnovers would have been nice because Gods knows our struggling offense could have used some short drives, but the D still managed to be top 6 for both pts and yards allowed.

I agree with everything you said. At the end of the day the defense did its job compared to most teams in the NFL. I do think that with the moves the Skins have made the team has the potenial to jump from a defense that "does its job" into a defense that can be a true force.

Originally Posted by GMScud

Nice insight, BO. I think last year overall we fell somewhere in between 4th and 15th, probably around the 8-10 range. Good post.

Id agree. The 8-10 range is about right.

I cant wait til this season starts because I really believe the defense can be the best in the NFL with the moves we have made. Albert Haynesworth imo was the biggest reason for the Titans big play defense last year. With him in the middle letting guys like Andre Carter and Brian Orakpo get 1 on 1 looks is going to be huge. The pressure our front 7 can create will lead to more INTs from the DBs. I really believe this defense has the potenial to be as good as the Steelers defense was last year if certain things break the right way.