Gotta love actual *good* news about our Dolphins right now. :up:
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.
Fe sucks because he had to go and get him as a free agent. How about hitting on some draft picks?
Actually, it would be a team season record. So, yes.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..
Thanks for the stats Daytona. I owe you a BJ
Sure they do, if you know what you are looking for, lol. The exception is that we improved over last year in several key areas, as the OP pointed out. And that is reflected in the record we have to this point. The only category where we've significantly regressed is sacks allowed. In several other areas, we have significantly improved. While the sacks allowed is not good news at all, and must be addressed, it does not overshadow our improvement in several other areas.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.
And as a testament to how poorly those stats that supposedly signify "improvement" correlate with winning, the team's winning percentage right now is exactly 0.0625 better than it was last year (0.500 to 0.4375).Sure they do, if you know what you are looking for, lol. The exception is that we improved over last year in several key areas, as the OP pointed out. And that is reflected in the record we have to this point. The only category where we've significantly regressed is sacks allowed. In several other areas, we have significantly improved. While the sacks allowed is not good news at all, and must be addressed, it does not overshadow our improvement in several other areas.
Sure, but it's funny how when stats are used in support of the need for "good news," there is no "agenda" attributed to the person providing them. It's all warm and fuzzy, regardless of how meaningful the stats really are.Gotta love actual *good* news about our Dolphins right now. :up:
Sure they do, if you know what you are looking for, lol. The exception is that we improved over last year in several key areas, as the OP pointed out. And that is reflected in the record we have to this point. The only category where we've significantly regressed is sacks allowed. In several other areas, we have significantly improved. While the sacks allowed is not good news at all, and must be addressed, it does not overshadow our improvement in several other areas.
Thanks for disproving your own point.Sure, but it's funny how when stats are used in support of the need for "good news," there is no "agenda" attributed to the person providing them. It's all warm and fuzzy, regardless of how meaningful the stats really are.
On the other hand, when someone presents stats that aren't what everybody wants to hear, regardless of the fact that those stats are strongly correlated with winning, ah, then look out -- that person needs to be burned at the stake!![]()
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.
I think you missed the word I bolded in the post above, just above yours.Thanks for disproving your own point.
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.