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How Scoring Stats can be Misleading

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Many here on this board seem to have a notion that a lack of points will lead directly to a lack of success. But such an idea assumes that the other team in each individual game is outscoring us by a large margin, when in reality the Dolphins keep games low scoring and competitive throughout. So in actuality, you could score "few" points but remain competitive with any team in each individual game.

Our Preseason reflects such a reality, the Dolphins have kept games close throughout and won two out of three thanks to strong play from our depth players. So even though we haven't scored as many points as other teams, we can score enough to WIN football games. As we saw with the Broncos, it matters not how good your stats are, it matters that you WIN each individual game utilizing whatever means.

I for one have complete confidence in this football team, they sound and look like Winners. They look like they have established chemistry from one year together, I am expecting 10 wins from our team this year, with one occurring within the first two games.
 
Points per drive tonight for first team offense: 5 drives, 3 points. 0.6 points per drive. That's awful.

Demand better.
 
The offense and defense need to feed off each other. Its not really fair for the offense to never do their part to win games, the defense will eventually get frustrated with that.
 
The Points will come. If this were the regular season I would be a little more concerned but we moved the ball consistently with ease. We are only off by a little, these kinks will likely come out slowly but surely. We had 27 first downs, that shows our offense will be on the move this year.
 
sincitybaby said:
The Points will come. If this were the regular season I would be a little more concerned but we moved the ball consistently with ease. We are only off by a little, these kinks will likely come out slowly but surely. We had 27 first downs, that shows our offense will be on the move this year.
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27 first downs vs. the vaunted Dallas Cowboy defense. You really should hope for a better litmus test.
 
If yardage and things mattered as much as points, Chad Henne would still be our starting QB.
 
The fist pump era was the dawning of a new age. And MIA threw it away.
 
Lack of points is exactly the kind of thing that leads to lack of success. Stats are what can be misleading...points are all that matters. That's why there is a scoreboard.
 
Henne used to drive the ball well between the 20s then wound up settling for a FG. That offense had the same issue with finishing drives. Yards and pre season wins are pretty numbers but points are what's needed and scoring less than a half point per drive against a bad defense is a concern.
 
I'll take the points. Was very disappointed in last nights scoring production by the 1st unit. This will need to change.
 
MadDog 88 said:
Henne used to drive the ball well between the 20s then wound up settling for a FG. That offense had the same issue with finishing drives. Yards and pre season wins are pretty numbers but points are what's needed and scoring less than a half point per drive against a bad defense is a concern.
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RT was red zone money last year...so soon we forget. 18 TDs, 1 INT. #2 in the NFL in that area last year.
 
PhinFan1968 said:
RT was red zone money last year...so soon we forget. 18 TDs, 1 INT. #2 in the NFL in that area last year.
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That is good but the real problem was getting to the red zone
Miami ranked 23rd in getting to red zone with less than 3 trips a game (2.9)
Again last night the starting offense only managed 2 trips to red zone. And then settled for FG and turnover.
 
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