HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to NFL@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIn your opinion, which of these stats is the most indicative of a team's over all success?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageIn your opinion, which of these stats is the most indicative of a team's over all success?lemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to NFL@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Total noob to the sport, but a massive stats head. How would you order these? Do one or more stand out above the rest?
minus-squarehactar42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoThe old saying is offense sells tickets and defense wins championships. Although football, more than most sports, is truly a team effort. Just look at the 2010 Chargers. They had the #1 offense and defense and didn’t make the playoffs because of their special teams. Secret Base did a great video on them: https://youtu.be/UAL5X3TRA2A?si=aAsLLZ4Im5EsWsNo
minus-squareAstroturfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThe chargers have been just masters of being statistical anomaly for a while it seems like. I remember like 4 seasons ago they lost a ridiculous amount of games they had like a 90%+ statistical chance of winning.
The old saying is offense sells tickets and defense wins championships. Although football, more than most sports, is truly a team effort.
Just look at the 2010 Chargers. They had the #1 offense and defense and didn’t make the playoffs because of their special teams.
Secret Base did a great video on them: https://youtu.be/UAL5X3TRA2A?si=aAsLLZ4Im5EsWsNo
The chargers have been just masters of being statistical anomaly for a while it seems like. I remember like 4 seasons ago they lost a ridiculous amount of games they had like a 90%+ statistical chance of winning.