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Originally Posted by MagicHef
San Francisco went from the #9 scoring offense in 2003 to the #30 in 2004 when they lost Terrell Owens.
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These numbers are stupid...they've always been stupid.
Say defensive rankings for one...last season Donks won four of their games against teams picking top five.
Chiefs played the Bills instead of the Jets with a rookie QB. KC also played the Titans instead of the Jaguars with a rookie QB.
Then, at the end of the season...all these stats are compared like they are equal. The talking heads go on and on with this bogus numbering system.
Yeah, facing rookie QBs instead of seasoned pros is going to make your defense appear, statistically, better than it is.
With AI...they need to re-calibrate how they determine who is the #1 offense/#1 defense...and factor in every teams strengths weaknesses...who was playing QB...who was injured on a per game analysis...and adjust it to a degree of difficulty.
It's a flawed system unless every team plays all 31 other teams every year....and even then it's not accurate. Weather, short schedule, home/away, injuries.
Bills had the #1 ranked defense last season playing a lot of average to bad teams.