Dexter_Sinister
14 years ago

This is the thing, I'm not at all disagreeing with that point. I had that discussion earlier with Pack93z. I agree. You still need to hand the ball off.

My whole point is that it doesn't matter if your RBs are good or if they suck. That's the whole point I was making. Not that we don't need to hand the ball off.

"zombieslayer" wrote:



And obviously (so obvious it should go without saying) you want to be better in every phase of the game. Running, ST, or whatever.

With a finite amount of resources, you want your biggest investment and highest pick to be contributing to an area that gives you the biggest impact and increases the odds of winning the most. Which is D and Passing game.

Most bang for the buck.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago
Exactly. Paying for an elite RB is a waste when the bang for the buck with running isn't that important. I would love to see a study on this - comparing the impact of an elite WR or TE vs an elite RB. I think we can all agree that an elite QB smokes an elite RB. Not even in the same ballpark.

Now the thing with D is, it's a unit. You want to be ranked in the top 5. I did this post earlier how the top 5 D is almost a requirement to win a SB (with some notable exceptions like the Saints from the year before last). So hard to say where to put the money there.

Now would it be nice to have the NFL's best RB? Sure. It would be nice to have D Hester as your returner too. It would be nice to have that guy on the Raiders as your Punter and it would be nice to have Vinitari as your Kicker too while we're at it. But we have to stay in the salary cap.
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DakotaT
14 years ago
Zombie, so you're saying you need to run the ball? :)

I thought we just gutted the top rated defense by passing the ball down their throats and getting turnovers with our opportunistic defense. Seemed like a fool proof system.

I kind of like our approach, pick your poison opponent - we have the answer for you. No way in hell we should have been 10-6 and a sixth seed, but it sure made for some good drama.
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14 years ago

I think we can all agree that an elite QB smokes an elite RB. Not even in the same ballpark.

"zombieslayer" wrote:



I can't speak for others, but I'd agree on that.

Now the thing with D is, it's a unit. You want to be ranked in the top 5. I did this post earlier how the top 5 D is almost a requirement to win a SB (with some notable exceptions like the Saints from the year before last). So hard to say where to put the money there.

"zombieslayer" wrote:



Zombie-what criteria were you using for a top 5 D? I was trying to do some analysis over the last 20 SBs, and couldn't decide what criteria to use for a top 5 D. I ended up using two (plus a combination off/def criteria for a 3rd).

What I did was compare the rankings of the SB winners since 1991 in the following categories:

QB rating; Rush yards; Rush attempts; Off 3rd down efficiency; Def yards allowed, Def Pts allowed, Def 3rd down efficiency, and Turn/over differential (the combo stat--part offensive, part defensive).

To summarize the results:

Top 3 categories were Def pts allowed, QB rating, and Turnover Diff (with a little more than 1 ranking difference between the 3).

Rush attempts, Off 3rd down efficiency, and Def yards allowed were all right behind T/O differential. Rush yardage and Def 3rd down efficiency were bringing up the rear, well behind the others. Anything ranked over 10 I didn't feel was significant--was barely in the top 3rd of the league at that point.

Here's how the SB winners ranked in those categories:


				    Rush	3rd	DEF		3rd	TO
          QB Rating		Yds	Att	Eff	Yds	Pts	Eff	Diff
2010    3  Rodgers		24	20	8	5	2	9	4
2009    1  Brees		7	6	6	25	20	14	3
2008   24  Roethlisberger	23	9	14	1	1	1	11
2007   25  E.Manning		4	8	12	7	17	5	26
2006    1  P. Manning		18	18	1	21	23	32	7
2005    3  Roethlisberger	5	1	23	4	3	20	10
2004    9  Brady		7	5	5	9	2	21	8
2003   10  Brady		27	12	15	7	1	7	2
2002    3  Johnson		27	23	26	1	1	3	1
2001    6  Brady		13	8	8	24	6	15	9
2000   20  Dilfer		5	5	11	2	1	5	1
1999    1  Warner		5	15	1	6	4	10	10
1998    5  Elway		2	2	6	11	8	21	6
1997    7  Elway		4	6	3	5	6	1	5
1996    2  Favre		11	14	2	1	1	2	2
1995    3  Aikman		2	4	6	9	3	26	13
1994    1  Young		6	5	1	8	6	16	3
1993    2  Aikman		2	6	7	10	2	15	10
1992    3  Aikman		5	4	6	1	5	1	9
1991    2  Rypien		7	1	1	3	2	6	1
	131			204	172	162	160	114	230	141
	6.55			10.2	8.6	8.1	8	5.7	11.5	7.05
zombieslayer
14 years ago
Dakota - I've said earlier that I don't believe in balance. If the opponent can't stop the pass, throw it, throw it, then throw it again. Reverse if they can't stop the run.

Macbob - Simply points allowed. I did that post earlier with every single SB winner and the vast majority were in the top 3 and almost all were in the top 6. It's all about points. I don't care how many yards you allow. If they can't score, you got an elite D.

One more thing. I know you don't want to hear this but it's been said a few times now by others. The reason why rushing attempts are up there for teams who win is because when you got the lead, you want to burn off the clock. Rushing burns off the clock more than passing. So of course teams that have the lead are going to run the ball more and to someone who is just looking at the stats and not watching the game, it looks like rushing attempts helps you win. It doesn't. It's the other way around. Winning helps your rushing attempts.
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Dexter_Sinister
14 years ago
I find QB rating differential to be fairly helpful. The difference between Rodgers and all QB ratings of the others when we played them.

I think we were +41 or something.
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macbob
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14 years ago

One more thing. I know you don't want to hear this but it's been said a few times now by others. The reason why rushing attempts are up there for teams who win is because when you got the lead, you want to burn off the clock. Rushing burns off the clock more than passing. So of course teams that have the lead are going to run the ball more and to someone who is just looking at the stats and not watching the game, it looks like rushing attempts helps you win. It doesn't. It's the other way around. Winning helps your rushing attempts.

"zombieslayer" wrote:



Zombie-we had this discussion in the fall. I pulled out the stats using ESPN's splits on when a team was ahead, behind, and tied with the other teams. The analysis was part of a comparison of McCarthy, Sherman, and Holmgren's play calling.

The impact that your describing is not nearly what you seem to think it is. All three coaches basically ran just as much when tied with the opponent as ahead. The major difference was when losing all three coaches' passing percentage shot up from in the upper 50s to over 70 percent.

I also did an analysis of running in the 1sr/2nd/3rd/4th qtr. If what you're saying is accurate, I'd expect the 4th quarter running #s to be significantly higher than the other quarters, and they weren't. 1st and 3rd qtr rush attempts were similar, 2nd qtr were two less and 4th qtr were 2 more than 1st & 3rd qtrs. It wasn't this big stat-skewing number like you imply.

I was tired when I posted those stats last night. I've had more time to consider them today and will post updated comments.
macbob
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14 years ago
Ok, my updated analysis:

What I did was compare the rankings of the SB winners since 1991 in the following categories:

QB rating; Rush yards; Rush attempts; Off 3rd down efficiency; Def yards allowed, Def Pts allowed, Def 3rd down efficiency, and Turn/over differential (the combo stat--part offensive, part defensive).

To summarize the results:

Top 3 categories were Def pts allowed, QB rating, and Turnover Diff (with a little more than 1 ranking difference between the 3).

Rush attempts, Off 3rd down efficiency, and Def yards allowed were all right behind T/O differential. Rush yardage and Def 3rd down efficiency were bringing up the rear, well behind the others.

Here's how the SB winners ranked in those categories:


				    Rush	3rd	DEF		3rd	TO
          QB Rating		Yds	Att	Eff	Yds	Pts	Eff	Diff
2010    3  Rodgers		24	20	8	5	2	9	4
2009    1  Brees		7	6	6	25	20	14	3
2008   24  Roethlisberger	23	9	14	1	1	1	11
2007   25  E.Manning		4	8	12	7	17	5	26
2006    1  P. Manning		18	18	1	21	23	32	7
2005    3  Roethlisberger	5	1	23	4	3	20	10
2004    9  Brady		7	5	5	9	2	21	8
2003   10  Brady		27	12	15	7	1	7	2
2002    3  Johnson		27	23	26	1	1	3	1
2001    6  Brady		13	8	8	24	6	15	9
2000   20  Dilfer		5	5	11	2	1	5	1
1999    1  Warner		5	15	1	6	4	10	10
1998    5  Elway		2	2	6	11	8	21	6
1997    7  Elway		4	6	3	5	6	1	5
1996    2  Favre		11	14	2	1	1	2	2
1995    3  Aikman		2	4	6	9	3	26	13
1994    1  Young		6	5	1	8	6	16	3
1993    2  Aikman		2	6	7	10	2	15	10
1992    3  Aikman		5	4	6	1	5	1	9
1991    2  Rypien		7	1	1	3	2	6	1
	131			204	172	162	160	114	230	141
	6.55			10.2	8.6	8.1	8	5.7	11.5	7.05

OK, looking at the Super Bowl winners for the last 20 years, heres the conclusions that Im drawing:

1) SB winners needed to be multi-faceted, not one-dimensional. They needed to be good/toward the top of the league in multiple categories. Almost all of the SB winners were good in most of the categories, potentially ranking in the lower half of the league in 1-2 areas at most.

2) Being deficient in one area could be compensated for by being elite in another category, with an elite Defense (to include ball-hawking TOs) & elite QB being the most important categories. Teams that were in the lower half in more than 1-2 categories (2006 Colts, 2002 TB) were able to compensate by having an elite D or QB.

3) The running game was not irrelevant. Neither the 2007 Giants or the 2000 Ravens had elite QBs, but their running game compensated. The 2007 Giants ranked in the lower half of the league in QB, Defense, and TO ratio (ranking in the lower half of the league in all three categories), but their running game compensated.

4) An elite D wasnt absolutely essential (2009 Saints, 2006 Colts, 2007 NYGthough the Giants D did pick it up big time at the end of the year & through the playoffs), as long as you had an elite QB (Saints/Colts) or a good running game (Giants).

So, having a balanced team, including balanced offense, improves your odds of winning the SB.

Having a good running game is not irrelevantit improves your odds of winning the SB.
zombieslayer
14 years ago
But as I said, anything improves your chances. Would be nice to have the best punter, kicker, kick returner as well. Money though isn't infinite. That's what I was getting at.

Also note in the past 5 years, none of the SB winners were top 5 in rushing attempts and one was 20 and one was 18. From 2001 on, it really hits the point home that having a good running game or a bad running game (in terms of yards) is irrelevant.

Yes, you need to run the ball at times. But what I'm getting at is your rushing success is irrelevant. Build the D first. That's been my point.

Most important stat has been D points but 3 of the past 5 years, that too has been not that impressive. Look at those lousy Ds that won SBs.

So maybe in conclusion, there is no magic formula. Your best shot is to have an elite D but that's no guarantee as 3 of the past 5 years, the D wasn't (Giants were a weird exception where regular season D wasn't good but their Playoff D ruled).
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macbob
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14 years ago

But as I said, anything improves your chances. Would be nice to have the best punter, kicker, kick returner as well. Money though isn't infinite. That's what I was getting at.

Also note in the past 5 years, none of the SB winners were top 5 in rushing attempts and one was 20 and one was 18. From 2001 on, it really hits the point home that having a good running game or a bad running game (in terms of yards) is irrelevant.

Yes, you need to run the ball at times. But what I'm getting at is your rushing success is irrelevant. Build the D first. That's been my point.

Most important stat has been D points but 3 of the past 5 years, that too has been not that impressive. Look at those lousy Ds that won SBs.

So maybe in conclusion, there is no magic formula. Your best shot is to have an elite D but that's no guarantee as 3 of the past 5 years, the D wasn't (Giants were a weird exception where regular season D wasn't good but their Playoff D ruled).

"zombieslayer" wrote:



Zombie-I agree with you until you get to the point where you say rushing success is irrelevant.

You point out two of the last 5 years teams were ranked 18 & 20 in rush attempts. I'll point out that 2 of the last 5 years team's QB ratings were 24 & 25.

Does that make an elite QB irrelevant? I certainly wouldn't make that argument. Your argument that rushing success is irrelevant is no more valid.

Teams winning the SB ranked only 2 places lower (8 1/2 vs 6 1/2) in rush attempts vs QB ratings.

As important as an elite QB? No. Irrelevant? That's crazy talk.
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