Since talk is light....football outsiders rankings

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman

Looking beyond the offense/defense straight stats, after 3 games decided to check on the DVOA rankings football outsides uses.

Indy is basically average on defense, rank 15th overall. 1.0 is the number for the D, basically a ranking above average.

The offense is a MINUS 41.4, the worse of any unit offense or defense in the league.

I know the first game hurt, but......ouch, awful. Even with a 31 point game 3.

If its any consolation though, the NE D is minus 35.4. They have it listed wrong in the chart I noticed, but it has to be negative, not positive, for the numbers to make sense overall

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff

That's what happens when your then starting QB throws two pick sixes and the offense also has a safety against it in the first game. I wonder how much of that -41.4 comes from the Rams game. Furthermore, I wonder how it rates among the worst offensive performances they've ever charted. I wouldn't be surprised if for the two games Brissett has started, the offense was average or better in performance.

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman

I guess you are right, just seems counterintuitive to me

+ is bad for defense and - bad for offense

Yes, because DVOA is based on offensive performance, so for a defense, it is better to force the opposing offense to do poorly.