Want a stat that will piss you off..
Penalty yards this season.. we lead the league with 844.
Next team... 739 by the Raiders.. '
But really our offensive numbers aren't that out of skew.. and even our penalty yards last year were terrible.. 1006 yards.
Here is some more stats to ponder..the first one dispells the point that the defense is one the field more.
07' Defense played 62.125 snaps per game
08' that is down to 58.6 snaps per game
On offense we went from 5.5 yards per play to 5.0 yards per play, while on defense we went from giving up 5.0 yards per play in 07 to 5.5 this year.
819 Offensive snaps = 409 yards less in offense.
821 Defensive snaps = 410 yards more in yards allowed...
That is one 60 yard drive a game through 13 weeks.. last week probably made that number worse.
Another number that pops... last year we gave up held on defensive third downs 66% of the time.. this year we are down to 61%.. they can't get themselves off the field.
Those number there flip the close games we won last year over to losses this year.. subtle little things..
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"