Some interesting numbers halfway through the season

[Daytona Fin]

I was browsing some of the dolphins websites and came across this article.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/a...3-Season/f7d4e0e2-94f6-495f-bba6-126b65582a97

The Dolphins were 2-3 in close games in the first half of the 2012 and improved that mark to 3-2 this season with victories against Indianapolis, Atlanta and Cincinnati.

That’s just one of the stat that stands out from the first half of the season.

Another involves the production of quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who threw 11 touchdown passes in the first eight games, only one less than he had in all of his rookie season. At the halfway mark in 2012, Tannehill had five TD passes.

At the receiving end, Dolphins wide receivers have combined for six TD catches so far, exactly double the total achieved in 2012 when Brian Hartline, Davone Bess and Marlon Moore each finished with one.

With 11 interceptions on the season, the Dolphins already have surpassed their total for all of 2012 and are on pace for their biggest output since 2003 when they finished with 22 picks.

Cornerback Dimitri Patterson leads the way with four interceptions, putting him on pace for eight. No Dolphins player has had that many picks in a season since 1998 when both Sam Madison and Terrell Buckley had eight interceptions. No Dolphins player has had more than five picks in a season since 2003 when Patrick Surtain had seven.

In another important defensive category — and this has gone under the radar — the Dolphins are on pace to set a new franchise record for sacks in a season. Miami arrived at the halfway mark with 25 sacks, more than halfway to the team record of 49, set in 1983 and matched in 2005

And here’s another good stat from the defensive side. Based on the NFL statistical rankings of yards allowed per game, the Dolphins are only 27th in pass defense. But they’re sixth in terms of opponents’ combined passer rating, a more thorough category which takes into account not only yardage but also completion percentage, yards per attempts, touchdowns and interceptions.

The only teams ahead of Miami in that category have records of 6-2 or better. Here’s the top 10 NFL teams in terms of opponents’ combined passer rating:

1. Kansas City 67.8
2. Seattle 68.6
3. New England 74.2
4. San Francisco 75.3
5. New Orleans 75.8
6. Miami 76.6
7. Carolina 77.1
8. Arizona 79.6
9. Cincinnati 80.5
10. Denver 82.3

As we look ahead to the second half of the season, note that the Dolphins’ remaining opponents have a combined 31-37 record (including the Jets’ 5-4 twice). That compares to a 37-31 opponents’ combined record in the first half of the season. The second-half figure, of course, is skewed by Tampa Bay’s 0-8 mark.

All told, four of the Dolphins’ remaining eight opponents (again, counting the Jets twice) currently have winning record, while San Diego sits at .500 at 4-4.

 

[steveo style]

Good info thanks for sharing

 

[finfan54]

Ireland sucks for keeping Patterson.


just playin devils advocate.

Im sure you can add to that strength of schedule. We've played 6 of 8 playoff teams (New Orleans?)If not then 5 of 8.

Lets face it, we all knew this schedule was rough early on.

 

[spiketex]

I appreciate the statistics. Thank you for posting. I had the impression that our DBs were doing really well in making interceptions and the data confirms it. Also interesting in the magnitude of Tannehill's improvement. There has been such a big deal made of the number of times that he's been sacked that his success in completing TDs has been overlooked by some.

 

[artdnj]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. He was a good pick up for sure, as well as Grimes but there were far too many misses and thus far Wallace is a huge one.

 

[Daytona Fin]

Ireland sucks for keeping Patterson.


just playin devils advocate.

Im sure you can add to that strength of schedule. We've played 6 of 8 playoff teams (New Orleans?)If not then 5 of 8.

Lets face it, we all knew this schedule was rough early on.

Hard to imagine what patterson is capable of if he was 100% for 16 games

 

[Daytona Fin]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. He was a good pick up for sure, as well as Grimes but there were far too many misses and thus far Wallace is a huge one.

Wallace has been disappointing but think he will work out eventually. He has been solid in 3 of the last 4 games, he just needs to be more aggressive and get open in the end zone.

 

[Ruckus45]

But but....we're garbage, need to fire everyone, and start over. You can't be saying were improving and moving in a positive direction? No way....

 

[fishfanmiami]

We're not getting as much from the new LB's as we expected but check out some D line stats.

SACKs at the halfway mark.

Odrick 3.5
OV 4.5
Wake 5.5 (missed several games)
Starks 3.0
Shelby 2.5
Big Paul and Jordan have one each.

Double these totals would be very good numbers for D linemen..

 

[Shouright]

The problem with the opponents' passer rating stat is that it's much more weakly correlated with winning than passer rating differential, and the Dolphins' passer rating differential is a good bit poorer than that of the other teams listed in front of it in the OP.

The defense may be among the league leaders in opponents' passer rating, but Ryan Tannehill's passer rating creates a fairly poor differential.

 

[Dthrill_08]

That is why we need to keep Ireland.

 

[Finfan0120]

Good thread, I kept trying to tell people after the Bills game that we had plenty of talent. We can and probably will get better.

 

[royalshank]

Totally appreciate the info - a thumbs-up for that!

The bar last year was so low in some of these categories - we have 6 TDs from WRs at the half way point vs 3 last year. I'm pretty sure the Broncos have gotten 5-6 in a game from the WRs this year. The defensive stats are more impressive and the biggest thing I've noticed this year is our corners play aggressive and are making picks. We aren't very good on 3rd and long though and that's killing us.

 

[WesternNYDolfan]

But cleaning house is the answer! Lol

 

[Shouright]

But cleaning house is the answer! Lol

These stats are hardly evidence of anything exceptional. I'm not of the mind that we should clean house, but it's not because of these stats or any other ones associated with the team right now.