Some very interesting stats...

[uʍop ǝpısdn]

Now, a lot of us Dolphins fans are looking at this game and are glad to see that the Ravens will be starting a rookie QB in his first playoff game, on the road. I see that as a big advantage for us, obviously. But, surprisingly, Flacco's road stats this season are much better than his home stats. Still, the playoffs are a different animal, so I do expect (and hope) that the crowd will rattle him.

Anyways, here's what I found interesting. As good as the Ravens defense is, they have played significantly worse on the road than they have at home, or at least the stats would indicate that. I did some calculations, and take a look at what I've found:

Ravens defense at home this season (per game): 10 points allowed, 149 passing yards allowed, 73.875 rushing yards allowed, 222.875 total yards allowed, .875 fumbles recovered, 1.875 interceptions, 2.75 turnovers forced

Ravens defense on the road this season (per game): 20.5 points allowed, 210.375 passing yards allowed, 88.875 rushing yards allowed, 299.25 total yards allowed, .125 fumbles recovered, 1.375 interceptions, 1.5 turnovers forced

Now, I realize that certain things could skew this (such as special teams fumbles and special teams scoring), but I still think it's clear that their defense has played worse on the road than at home.

Now, am I saying that they are a bad defense on the road? Absolutely not. They have had some really good defensive efforts on the road thus far. But these stats still should not be discounted.

Go Dolphins!

 

[TorontoFin]

Now, a lot of us Dolphins fans are looking at this game and are glad to see that the Ravens will be starting a rookie QB in his first playoff game, on the road. I see that as a big advantage for us, obviously. But, surprisingly, Flacco's road stats this season are much better than his home stats. Still, the playoffs are a different animal, so I do expect (and hope) that the crowd will rattle him.

Anyways, here's what I found interesting. As good as the Ravens defense is, they have played significantly worse on the road than they have at home, or at least the stats would indicate that. I did some calculations, and take a look at what I've found:

Ravens defense at home this season (per game): 10 points allowed, 149 passing yards allowed, 73.875 rushing yards allowed, 222.875 total yards allowed, .875 fumbles recovered, 1.875 interceptions, 2.75 turnovers forced

Ravens defense on the road this season (per game): 20.5 points allowed, 210.375 passing yards allowed, 88.875 rushing yards allowed, 299.25 total yards allowed, .125 fumbles recovered, 1.375 interceptions, 1.5 turnovers forced

Now, I realize that certain things could skew this (such as special teams fumbles and special teams scoring), but I still think it's clear that their defense has played worse on the road than at home.

Now, am I saying that they are a bad defense on the road? Absolutely not. They have had some really good defensive efforts on the road thus far. But these stats still should not be discounted.

Go Dolphins!

Good post. The pts per game stat is very interesting, and really, the only stat that counts. It still appears, though, that running the ball will be a problem -- especially between the tackles where we've had issues all year long.

Frankly, I'd like to see us abandon the wildcat all together. It does not match up well at all with the ravens D 9as they showed in the first game when they were in the backfield and in Ronnie's face a nano second after the ball was snapped).

I've been preaching all year we need to run more conventionally, but in this game -- s-crew it. Spread it out and let Chad dink and dunk to death..

 

[petefins]

Thanks. Everyone still thinks the fins suck and will lose to baltimore. I bet the whole Ravens team is overconfident right now.

 

[67Stang]

I think we play better on the road, go figure.