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<blockquote data-quote="roadkill" data-source="post: 1001931" data-attributes="member: 1555"><p>Points scored and points allowed matter. But sometimes it’s useful to grade various components of a team. Offense or defense for example, or even down to the performance of individual players. How should you do that? In these cases, advanced stats can give you much more insight than simply using points.</p><p></p><p>To expand on the previous example, let’s say team A is turnover-prone, but team B isn’t. Team A’s offense is good but frequently turns the ball over near their own goal line, but their outstanding defense typically holds the opposing team to only a field goal or turnover on downs. Team B has a good ball-control offense that eats clock and doesn’t turn the ball over much, but their defense often fails to stop their opponent. Both teams end the season with similar records and their defenses give up about the same number of total points. Which one has the better defense? Are they the same?</p><p></p><p>Edit: I posted before I saw [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER]'s response which makes a similar point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadkill, post: 1001931, member: 1555"] Points scored and points allowed matter. But sometimes it’s useful to grade various components of a team. Offense or defense for example, or even down to the performance of individual players. How should you do that? In these cases, advanced stats can give you much more insight than simply using points. To expand on the previous example, let’s say team A is turnover-prone, but team B isn’t. Team A’s offense is good but frequently turns the ball over near their own goal line, but their outstanding defense typically holds the opposing team to only a field goal or turnover on downs. Team B has a good ball-control offense that eats clock and doesn’t turn the ball over much, but their defense often fails to stop their opponent. Both teams end the season with similar records and their defenses give up about the same number of total points. Which one has the better defense? Are they the same? Edit: I posted before I saw [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER]'s response which makes a similar point. [/QUOTE]
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