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PFF Ranks Dolphins Defense #5

People worry too much about yards. Other teams are all professionals and everybody is capable of making plays. Points against is the ONLY defensive stat that matters.

one could argue points for and points against are the only stats that truly matter in football, sure

i think it's the best parameter for a macro analysis of how an offense and defense is performing over a large enough sample size. but things like third down %, yards per play, passer rating allowed by a defense, yards per rush allowed, etc...these stats can help paint a more complete picture on how well and sustainable a defense is playing.

ultimately, if we continue this rate of points allowed, i will be very happy. the likelihood of that happening, can be better predicted when taking other stats into account as well. I am not exactly a huge stats guy....so when i watch the team play, my eyes tell me this defense is playing very complimentary ball, and stopping some high powered offenses. The difference in our front 7 from last year to this year is unbelievable, and our corners are doing their job for the most part too.

edit: also forgot to mention, yards are on the very bottom of the list when it comes to meaningful stats, definitely agree with that.
 
any idea what they had us ranked after the first 2 weeks? we all agreed we had the worst D in the league after the Chargers and Jets carved us up.

You and I have different ideas of "carved up". We gave up 17 to sd and the jets did very little outside of one big td pass that could be blamed on Maxwell and Berber, both of which arent playing much if at all.
 
I'm surprised the D is even in the top 10 give the inept ability of the offense to sustain a drive. If the offense would put together some decent drives those numbers would be even better to be honest. This group deserves a huge amount of credit after being one of the worst in the league last season.
 
I’m convinced pff hates Xavien howard

And it doesn't help Xavien has to face the opposing team's best receiver week in and week out. Personally I think it's great experience - learning on the job. Kind of like throwing someone who doesn't know how to swim yet in the middle of the pool. He's going to figure it out you can see it in his technique. He just needs to take his lumps against the best.
 
And it doesn't help Xavien has to face the opposing team's best receiver week in and week out. Personally I think it's great experience - learning on the job. Kind of like throwing someone who doesn't know how to swim yet in the middle of the pool. He's going to figure it out you can see it in his technique. He just needs to take his lumps against the best.

This will make Xavien a better player each week. Nothing force-speed your development faster then experience.
 
You and I have different ideas of "carved up". We gave up 17 to sd and the jets did very little outside of one big td pass that could be blamed on Maxwell and Berber, both of which arent playing much if at all.
The Chargers missed 2 fg's and should have beaten us easily because they were moving the ball effortlessly through the air.

Pretty sure Maxwell wasn't even on the field when the Jets scored that TD. Verner was on Anderson that play bro. And I have no idea who Berber is. No one by that name on our roster.
 
Question is.....Can the defense hold up for the rest of the season with our offense going 3 and out on what seems like every week. When your defense is on the field that much with a lack of rest, the inevitable will happen....injuries. The Dolphins can ill afford that at this time especially to one of our quote on quote ....stars.
 
The Chargers missed 2 fg's and should have beaten us easily because they were moving the ball effortlessly through the air.

Pretty sure Maxwell wasn't even on the field when the Jets scored that TD. Verner was on Anderson that play bro. And I have no idea who Berber is. No one by that name on our roster.
well I'm pretty sure you knew it was an autocorrect of verner, either that or you just started using the "interwebs"
 
well I'm pretty sure you knew it was an autocorrect of verner, either that or you just started using the "interwebs"

It's not very obvious when it changes the name that much, and in this case changes it into a word I never even knew existed.
 
well I'm pretty sure you knew it was an autocorrect of verner, either that or you just started using the "interwebs"
maybe you should just read what you wrote before you post it. or maybe you just starting using a "computer"
 
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