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This is just ridiculous!!

We went through this last week. This guy is an idiot and shouldnt be ranking anything but a dog show.
 
its just simply amazing.....i was scratching my head and thinking "maybe this is from last year or something..." but its up to date.
 
Don't Fret...

This is a computer generated report based on recent games more than all games - if you read the Raiders report you will see a comment about that. Look under the "Full Year" column and see that the Dolphins are rated 17 - ahead of the Browns and the Raiders, and the Falcons as well.
 
They are based on a statistical formula (DVOA, see footballoutsiders.com), and its a classic example of stat geeks taking something that works fine in baseball and assuming it'll work in football, and being utterly wrong. This week the dolphins dropped in the rankings due to the way they are weighting results over time (and in a fashion that would make my old college stats prof scream in horror).

Baseball is a very controlled environment consisting of a single repeated event with only a few changeable factors. Hence stat geeks can go crazy and come up with some very meaningful statistical analysis. Football meanwhile has many variables in place on every single snap, overall results decided more often by big plays then steady statistics, and a sample size of just 16 games instead of 162. So as a result its a case of lies, damn lies, and statistics.

So whenever a football article starts with "according to stats gathered by", click back on the browser.
 
The problem with statistical formula power ratings is it doesn't take into account injuries or young players starting who either improve or make worse a team. Look at the Vikings, they are nothing close to the team they were the first five games of the season, yet many formulas will continue to keep the first five games in the mix to determine their overall power rating.
 
check out where this idiot has seattle and new england ranked. Wow this is the worst I have ever witnessed.
 
This drop in the power rankings is caused by the way the weighting formula works. The opening day upset of Denver just disappeared from the formula entirely, while the upset of Carolina drops in significance. Those are two of Miami's top three games, the other being the San Diego upset. NEXT: vs. TEN
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This guy angers me beyond belief!!!

How can you call 3 of Miami's wins upsets?
What if it was Miami that was being upset by the Jets, Browns, and Bills?
How about that MR HATE?
Then we'd be 10-4.
Eat ****!

I almost forgot, HOW IS MIAMIS OFFENSE RANKED 27TH!!!
 
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I don't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers, but what difference does it make. Does anyone really care, at this point, what some blow-hard ranks us at. I really couldn't care less.
 
I dont need anyone elses opinion on my team that there good because I know they are good. I dont feel on top of the world when some internet site or tv show mentions the Dolphins in a good way.
 
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