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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 1001935" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>Let’s play with an example. In the real world, the Falcons had below average offensive and defensive efficiency numbers this past season—they’re both #24 out of 32 teams in DVOA.</p><p></p><p>However, let’s pretend they had a #10 DVOA defense and a #24 offense. <strong>We’re being hypothetical here</strong>. Ridder throws a bunch of pick 6’s, and turns the ball over a bunch. The other teams get the ball on Atlanta’s side of the field all the time, often in or near the red zone. This shouldn’t be hard to imagine if you saw them play. Somehow, the Falcons are #28 in points given up, but #10 in defensive efficiency. What does that mean?</p><p></p><p>It means***</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Keep your defense, maybe look in particular areas to improve</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dump your QB</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fix your offense and focus your draft and free agency efforts there</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Be opportunistic in fixing other areas</li> </ol><p>In a case like that, “points are what matters” doesn’t tell you anything about how to fix the team. Points tell you that your defense is awful, instead of telling you that the offense sabotaged them.</p><p></p><p>Points don’t give you the information you need</p><p></p><p>(Edit: lots of concurrent opinions)</p><p></p><p>***(This is not the case with the real world Falcons —they need to improve across the board).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 1001935, member: 282"] Let’s play with an example. In the real world, the Falcons had below average offensive and defensive efficiency numbers this past season—they’re both #24 out of 32 teams in DVOA. However, let’s pretend they had a #10 DVOA defense and a #24 offense. [B]We’re being hypothetical here[/B]. Ridder throws a bunch of pick 6’s, and turns the ball over a bunch. The other teams get the ball on Atlanta’s side of the field all the time, often in or near the red zone. This shouldn’t be hard to imagine if you saw them play. Somehow, the Falcons are #28 in points given up, but #10 in defensive efficiency. What does that mean? It means*** [LIST=1] [*]Keep your defense, maybe look in particular areas to improve [*]Dump your QB [*]Fix your offense and focus your draft and free agency efforts there [*]Be opportunistic in fixing other areas [/LIST] In a case like that, “points are what matters” doesn’t tell you anything about how to fix the team. Points tell you that your defense is awful, instead of telling you that the offense sabotaged them. Points don’t give you the information you need (Edit: lots of concurrent opinions) ***(This is not the case with the real world Falcons —they need to improve across the board). [/QUOTE]
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