How good or....bad was this Eagles team last season?

by Route36 on Mar 23, 2010 3:36 AM EDT

Last season was a very disappointing season and since then, the Eagles have trimmed down the roster and have added just one impactful player in Darryl Tapp. I think we can all agree, as of the playoff loss to Dallas, this Eagles team has gotten a bit weaker due to the various cuts.There are a couple serious holes on the team. Those holes are most notably on the Offensive Line, Free Safety, and Linebacker positions. Some might argue defensive end is still a big issue even after the Tapp acquisition. I think Tapp will do just fine as our 3-down left end.

I have gathered a bunch of stats from coldhardfootballfacts.com to show exactly what kind of team the 09-10 Eagles were. I'm sure some of you have seen these and a lot of you have not, so I decided to post them here. Let me remind you, these are cold...and hard...and pure.....facts. Don't take it too harshly. It is what it is.

First type of statistic is the "Bendability" Index. Here is their explanation....

It is a team-wide measurement of ability to keep opponents off the scoreboard. It takes into account a variety of factors (including proficiency of offense and special teams, red zone defense, and turnover differential) and then spits it all out in an easy-to-understand number.

Bendability is obtained this way: Yards Allowed/Total Points Allowed = Yards Per Point Allowed (YPPA). The higher the number, the more difficult a team makes it for opponents to score points.

	Team	Yards	Points	YPPA
1	Dallas	5064	250	20.26
2	San Francisco	5222	281	18.58
3	Baltimore	4808	261	18.42
4	New England	5123	285	17.98
5	Indianapolis	5427	307	17.68
6	Atlanta	5582	325	17.18
7	N.Y. Jets	4037	236	17.11
8	Arizona	5548	325	17.07
9	New Orleans	5724	341	16.79
10	Buffalo	5449	326	16.71
11	Cleveland	6227	375	16.61
12	Cincinnati	4822	291	16.57
13	Carolina	5053	308	16.41
14	San Diego	5230	320	16.34
15	Minnesota	4888	312	15.67
16	Houston	5197	333	15.61
17	Denver	5040	324	15.56
18	Green Bay	4551	297	15.32
19	Oakland	5791	379	15.28
20	Philadelphia	5137	337	15.24

As you can see the Eagles defense was not very good at keeping opponents off the scoreboard. This statistic correlates with the Eagles' opponents' average points per game which is 21.1(19th in the NFL).

Next up, is their "Scoreability" Index. Basically same thing as bendability but for the offense. Explanation....

It is a team-wide measurement of ability to turn yards into points. It takes into account a variety of factors (including proficiency of defense and special teams, red zone offense, and turnover differential) and then spits it all out in an easy-to-understand number.

Scoreability is obtained this way: Offensive Yards/Total Points Scored = Yards Per Point Scored (YPPS). The lower the number, the more efficiently a team scores points.

	Team	Yards	Points	YPPS
1	New Orleans	6461	510	12.67
2	San Diego	5761	454	12.69
3	Minnesota	6074	470	12.92
4	Green Bay	6065	461	13.16
5	Philadelphia	5726	429	13.35
6	Indianapolis	5809	416	13.96
7	San Francisco	4652	330	14.10
8	Baltimore	5619	391	14.37
9	N.Y. Giants	5856	402	14.57
10	Arizona	5510	375	14.69

This shouldn't come as a surprise since we know the Eagles can score with the best of them. 26.8 points per game(5th in the NFL). However, they were quite inconsistent last year and seemed quite dependent on the big play. During the six game winning streak, this was not an issue. Jamaal Jackson's injury was a huge momentum killer. It seems with just a couple O-line upgrades, this team should be back to their high scoring self once again next season.

OFFENSIVE HOG INDEX

The Offensive Hog Index is our effort to quantify which team has the best offensive line in football.

This isn't rocket science, folks. The Offensive Hog Index simply looks at at each team in three major, easy-to-understand categories and ranks them by average in these categories.

The top offensive line is that which posts the highest average rating across the board. The Offensive Hog Index is based upon these criteria:

YPA – Yards Per Attempt. So simple, even you can understand it. This rates a team's ability to run the ball effectively.

NPP% – Negative Pass Plays, expressed as a percentage. This is how often a team's pass plays end in either a sack or interception. The theory is that teams with poor offensive lines generally surrender more sacks (duh!) and that their quarterbacks are forced into making bad throws more often. These negative pass plays are calculated as a percentage of attempts. So if a team suffers two sacks and throws two INTs in 40 pass plays, their NPP% will be 10 percent (4/40).

3down% – Success rate on third down – the higher the percentage, the greater the offensive success and the better the offensive line.

	Team	YPA	#	NPP%	#	3down%	#	Avg
1	New Orleans	4.53	7	5.84	3	44.67	6	5.3
2	Tennessee	5.18	1	5.92	4	41.59	12	5.7
3	Dallas	4.82	2	7.36	9	40.59	14	8.3
4t	Jacksonville	4.55	5	9.59	19	45.13	4	9.3
4t	Miami	4.38	10	9.15	16	48.98	2	9.3
6t	Baltimore	4.72	4	9.14	15	41.59	11	10.0
6t	New England	4.12	21	5.08	1	43.69	8	10.0
8	Indianapolis	3.54	30	5.21	2	49.22	1	11.0
9	Minnesota	4.11	22	6.97	7	44.84	5	11.3
10	Green Bay	4.27	14	9.62	20	47.03	3	12.3
11	Atlanta	4.16	18	7.37	10	42.13	10	12.7
12	N.Y. Giants	4.15	19	8.01	12	42.86	9	13.3
13	San Diego	3.33	32	6.61	5	44.39	7	14.7
14	Carolina	4.76	3	10.64	24	37.27	19	15.3
15	Denver	4.17	16	7.94	11	36.28	22	16.3
16t	Cincinnati	4.07	24	8.3	13	40.61	13	16.7
16t	Philadelphia	4.3	13	8.94	14	36.23	23	16.7
18t	Arizona	4.09	23	7.09	8	36.32	21	17.3
18t	Houston	3.48	31	6.95	6	40.2	15	17.3
20	N.Y. Jets	4.53	6	12.09	30	37.23	20	18.7

Eh, I don't agree with this index much. Some of these numbers don't really show how good or bad the offensive lines are. A high YPA might mean the team had a really good running back, or a high NPP% could be mostly the Quarterback's fault. For example, the Jets. The Jets have an outstanding line but they ranked them at 20 because of the high NPP% and 3rd down%. Mark Sanchez had 20 INT, that doesn't mean it was mostly the line's fault. He took just 26 sacks. Anyway, it is still an informative chart and gives a comparison to the rest of the top teams.

DEFENSIVE HOG INDEX

The Defensive Hog Index is our effort to quantify which team has the best defensive front in football. It's proven a huge indicator of success since we introduced it during the 2007 season: teams that are better in the DHI are 20-2 in the playoffs over that time, and the No. 1 team in DHI has won the Super Bowl each year (2007 Giants and 2008 Steelers).

This isn't rocket science, folks. The Defensive Hog Index simply looks at at each team in three major, easy-to-understand categories and ranks them by average in these categories.

The top defensive front is that which posts the highest average rating across the board. The Defensive Hog Index is based upon these criteria:

YPA – Yards Per Attempt. So simple, even you can understand it. This rates a defense's ability to stuff an opposing ground game.

NPP% – Negative Pass Plays, expressed as a percentage. This is how often an opponent's pass plays end in either a sack or interception. Defenses that get after the quarterback and overwhelm the opposing offensive line naturally force sacks and INTs. These negative pass plays are calculated as a percentage of attempts. So if a team foces two sacks and two INTs in 40 pass plays, their NPP% will be 10 percent (4/40).

3down% - Opposition success rate on third down. The lower the percentage, the higher the defensive success.

	Team	YPA	#	NPP%	#	3down%	#	Avg
1	Green Bay	3.59	2	11.61	1	36.02	9	4.0
2	Philadelphia	4.06	12	11.06	3	33.03	2	5.7
3	Minnesota	3.89	6	9.97	9	34.5	3	6.0
4	N.Y. Jets	3.76	4	9.19	16	31.51	1	7.0
5t	Miami	4.21	15	10.9	4	34.85	4	7.7
5t	San Francisco	3.64	3	9.94	10	36.67	10	7.7
7	Baltimore	3.43	1	9.71	12	36.7	11	8.0
8	Dallas	3.97	9	8.63	21	35	5	11.7
9	Carolina	4.44	22	10.08	7	35.53	7	12.0
10	Arizona	4.49	25	10.06	8	35.34	6	13.0

Again, this chart does not tell the full story and CHFF does mention this...

But we do know this: its worth as an indicator will be tested like never before here in the 2009 postseason. After all, three of the big favorites to win the Super Bowl, the NFC No. 1-seed Saints, the AFC No. 1-seed Colts and the AFC No. 2-seed and red-hot Chargers all fielded poor Defensive Hogs in 2009.

New Orleans finished the year No. 15 in DHI – No. 27 against the run (4.52 YPA), No. 6 forcing Negative Pass Plays (10.16%) and No. 14 on third downs (37.96%).

San Diego finished the year tied for No. 26 in DHI (with the lowly Bucs) – No. 24 against the run (4.45 YPA), No. 22 forcing Negative Pass Plays (8.45%) and No. 23 on third downs (40.39%).

Indianapolis finished the year a dreadful No. 30 in DHI (ahead of only the woeful Lions and Rams) – No. 19 against the run (4.33 YPA), No. 25 forcing Negative Pass Plays (8.10%) and No. 31 on third downs (45.02%).

In other words, success in the 2009 regular season and success in our Defensive Hog Index clashed violently this year, like Persians and Spartans hacking away at each other at the Gates of Fire.

The Eagles were good against the run, terrific at forcing negative pass plays and stopping 3rd down conversions. However, they gave up a ton of passing yards. 216 yards per game(17th in the NFL).

PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT

Sacks count as pass attempts Our yards per pass attempt is a "Quality Stat" – a stat that has a direct correlation to victory. So we're looking at team data. After all, it's teams that win and lose football games. There's more to our calculations, though. Instead of just dividing the net passing yardage by pass attempts, we add in the number of sacks to the attempts column. We believe this gives a far more accurate gauge of a team's ability to pass the ball. After all, when a QB is sacked, it's because he was attempting to pass. Why shouldn't this attempt to pass count as an attempt? For example, if a quarterback attempts 10 passes for 100 yards, his yards per attempt is 10.0 YPA. Easy enough, right? But what if that QB was sacked three times and lost 22 yards? Suddenly, the team's passing YPA is a mere 6.0 (78/13). Hey, the team only gained 78 net yards when attempting to pass. And those 3 sacks came on attempts to pass. So, to accurately measure a team's ability to pass, that's our formula:

Net passing yards/(pass attempts + sacks allowed)

	Team	Att.	Yards	Sacks	Yards Lost	YPA
1	San Diego	519	4,506	26	168	7.96
2	New Orleans	544	4,490	21	144	7.69
3	Houston	593	4,803	26	153	7.51
4	Indianapolis	601	4,605	13	90	7.35
5	Dallas	550	4,483	34	196	7.34
6	New England	592	4,540	18	104	7.27
7	Pittsburgh	536	4,496	50	348	7.08
8	Minnesota	554	4,403	34	247	7.07
9	N.Y. Giants	542	4,246	32	227	7.00
10	Green Bay	553	4,492	50	300	6.95
11	Philadelphia	553	4,380	40	298	6.88

This is a decent stat. Eagles are pretty good at this category but there is definitely room for improvement. Let's move on.

DEFENSIVE PASSER RATING

	Team	Att	Comp	%	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Rating
1	N.Y. Jets	501	259	51.7	2,704	5.4	8	17	58.84
2	Buffalo	519	295	56.84	3,137	6.04	14	28	61.15
3	New Orleans	574	330	57.49	3,961	6.9	15	26	68.58
4	Green Bay	540	294	54.44	3,450	6.39	29	30	68.83
5	Carolina	495	305	61.62	3,249	6.56	14	22	71.69
6	Baltimore	524	306	58.4	3,506	6.69	17	22	71.95
7	Cincinnati	547	318	58.13	3,486	6.37	18	19	73.58
8	Denver	510	298	58.43	3,222	6.32	18	17	74.98
9	San Francisco	580	352	60.69	3,963	6.83	14	18	76.24
10	Arizona	593	346	58.35	3,998	6.74	22	21	76.41
11	Philadelphia	580	354	61.03	3,778	6.51	27	25	77.64

The Eagles gave up a lot of yards and touchdowns with a high completion pct. If it wasn't for those 25 interceptions, this pass defense would have been sub-par at best. Did anyone else realize Joselio Hanson actually had 47 tackles, 8 passes defended, and 2 INT in just 12 games. That's pretty good for our nickel and dime back. If not this draft, then definitely our next one should concentrate on cornerbacks. Sheldon, Asante and Hanson would benefit a lot if the front four actually gets pressure on the QB on their own.

PASSER RATING DIFFERENTIAL

Passer Rating Differential is obtained by subtracting a team's Defensive Passer Rating from its Offensive Passer Rating. It is a Quality Stat because it has a direct correlation to victory. Teams with a high Passer Rating Differential are successful. Teams with a low Passer Rating Differential are not successful.

	Team	Off. PR	Def. PR	Net
1	New Orleans	106.02	68.58	+37.44
2	Green Bay	101.78	68.83	+32.95
3	San Diego	103.13	84.24	+18.89
4	Baltimore	87.35	71.95	+15.41
5	Indianapolis	95.43	80.64	+14.80
6	Minnesota	107.25	92.52	+14.73
7	Pittsburgh	98.13	83.45	+14.68
8	Philadelphia	92.05	77.64	+14.40
9	Dallas	97.56	83.48	+14.08
10	New England	95.55	81.82	+13.73

Good pass offense + good pass defense = High chance of success. Gotta have them both in today's passing league. If you guys haven't noticed, New Orleans was top 3 in 5 of these 7 charts.

QUALITY WINS: Record against above .500 teams.

AFC East					NFC East
Team	W	L	PF	PA	Team	W	L	PF	PA
N.Y. Jets	4	3	19.6	13.7	Dallas	4	2	21.5	15.2
New England	3	4	24.4	24.0	N.Y. Giants	3	6	24.9	34.2
Miami	3	7	22.1	27.2	Philadelphia	1	4	19.0	26.0
Buffalo	2	6	14.1	21.3	Washington	0	7	16.3	23.6
AFC North					NFC North
Team	W	L	PF	PA	Team	W	L	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	4	3	24.9	23.1	Minnesota	4	2	27.5	24.5
Cincinnati	5	4	17.4	22.1	Green Bay	3	4	26.6	23.4
Baltimore	2	7	19.2	22.7	Chicago	2	8	16.4	28.4
Cleveland	1	8	11.4	24.1	Detroit	0	9	13.6	32.1
AFC South					NFC South
Team	W	L	PF	PA	Team	W	L	PF	PA
Indianapolis	5	1	25.5	22.0	New Orleans	5	1	31.3	20.5
Jacksonville	3	4	20.7	25.6	Carolina	4	6	18.4	21.1
Houston	2	4	22.3	25.2	Tampa Bay	2	7	15.2	27.9
Tennessee	2	7	15.7	29.3	Atlanta	1	5	16.3	27.5
AFC West					NFC West
Team	W	L	PF	PA	Team	W	L	PF	PA
San Diego	3	2	26.4	26.6	Arizona	2	2	18.8	25.5
Denver	4	5	16.2	22.8	San Francisco	2	6	18.8	24.5
Oakland	3	6	13.6	23.3	Seattle	0	7	11.9	35.3
Kansas City	1	6	16.6	31.3	St. Louis	0	7	13.1	30.3

Jeez, 1-4. That's embarrassing. The lone win we had was against Atlanta who went 1-5 versus over .500 teams. This is probably the biggest indicator of what kind of team we are. All the other positive stats are great and all, but they don't really mean jack if they weren't against the good teams.

THE FINAL WORD
Well folks, by looking at these stats, it tells me that the Eagles are a good team(top 10-12) but as of right now, are nowhere close to being in title contention. Still a long off season ahead of us, so a lot of things could happen. This time last year, Peters trade didn't happen so I'm holding out hope for some upcoming trades or RFA signings. If that does not happen, then this draft will not solve all our problems for next year. In this case, it would be best to trade Mcnabb(ugh, I hate writing this) and build for the future(which for the Eagles isn't that far ahead anyway).

A lot of people don't think the Eagles are rebuilding but they actually are in their own unique way. This is not a rebuilding like a Tampa Bay or St. Louis. The Eagles are letting go their older players and replacing them with younger ones without sacrificing too much talent. As of right now, it looks like they are building for the long haul and not immediate Super bowl contention.

I sure hope I'm wrong and we are the return of Bradley, a healthy Stacy Andrews, a good starting rookie FS, a good strong side linebacker, and Nick Cole actually learning how to snap the ball without hitting his ass, away from winning the Superbowl next year. Eff you! We're winning anyway.....next year!

Poll

How good is this Eagles team right now?

Excellent. They are definitely a title contender.

4 votes

Very good. Just 1 or 2 players away from contending.

23 votes

Good. Got a few holes we gotta take care of but not far from contending.

70 votes

Average. Not even a playoff team. This team is far from being a title contender.

8 votes

Mediocre. How 'bout them Phils!

2 votes

107 votes | Poll has closed

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considering...

the draft and offseason we had last year, i see the eagles as being in the same position they were last year. just one or two pieces from getting back to the big one. Maclin and shady are year older, although its a downgrade, on paper, from westbrook. Our offense should be firing on all cylinders. Cole is a downgrade from JJ but i don’t think it’s goin to be that big a fall off with all off season to practice C. (no homo, McNabb may have to get his hands a lil deeper for Coles to miss his ass) Also if Stacy is actually healthy, he’s gonna be playing what we expected have him play last year. And we have a starting RT who’s not rapping on youtube. It looks like we might actually have an entire healthy “line” in camp this year.
As far as defense goes, that’s where we need those one our two starters to actually be considered contenders. If Tapp is as good as advertised and as underrated as it seems, i really think he can be a big upgrade at LDE. He supposedly was used wrong in the SEA defense and shouldn’t have been playin at the RDE. Also he had more qb hits then Allen and Cole last year even though he started less games and was benched. I can look past those 2.5 sacks, i believe he was 7th in the league in qb hurries. We still need another solid contributor at the LB spot and a sold FS. Either way i hope a FS/SS is drafted somewhere, since we’re gonna need that youth, but i am interested to see of Marlin works out.
Most of all i think health, as with any team, will be our biggest concern. Dallas had our fourtune that we had in ‘08, so i hope karma pulls them down the same way they did us this year. Get stu, ingram, stacy and everyone else back on the field. Per the usual, im a pretty optimistic Eagles fan. I can’t wait for the draft and to see what moves the Eagles make with the rest of the off season to solidify this team.

"Eagles fans are a passionate group who love their team," said McNabb, "if not the actual players. It's not like winning a Super Bowl before the first month of the season is the hardest thing they've ever asked of me. That'd be all those times they asked me to go kill myself."

by greenbean#twoOH on Mar 23, 2010 4:38 AM EDT reply actions

half decent at best

our offense had its moments when our oline wasnt hurt or mcnabb wasn’t throwin like shit. we barely beat a lot of these shitty teams. our defense was injured and swiss cheese. we didnt beat a winning team once. not exactly great

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Mar 23, 2010 6:48 AM EDT reply actions

WOW!

Some people have a lot of time on their hands if they are making up imaginary statistical categories for football, lol.

by ralphd58 on Mar 23, 2010 8:21 AM EDT reply actions

i agree with most of this, and i voted that

we’re a few good players from contending. i’d say if we get a OLB, FS, and a OL we’ll be in the playoffs next year. as my signature says, we’re going to superbowl 45 in dallas.

The Eagles WILL redeem themselves in the '10-'11 season, with a win at SuperBowl 45 in Dallas!

by antoniak on Mar 23, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions

Ugh, these stats make my head hurt and I'm a math nerd!

See, the thing that I will always keep going back to is this…..

How good did we look this season?

How hard was our schedule…really?

How many times did Andy Reid start a post game press confrence with: “I’d like to start by saying any win in the NFL is a good win”

Well, my answers to that are this:
The eagles looked very medicore, and inconsistent. Our defense was not very effective, and our offense, while it had big play ability, could not sustain drives at all last year.

The schedule turned out to be much easier than it originally seemed, The giants were a shell of themselves, the Redskins are pathetic, the Falcons were w/o two of their best players, the Broncos were exposed as an abirition after starting 5-0, and we got lucky enough to play the AFC West, (Who we went 2-2 against…and they BLOW)

Andy said his famous “any win is a good win” waaaaayyyyy too much, and that makes me think that, while we won against teams we should have, we did not win in a fashion that makes me believe this is a team any better than above average. We did win the games we should have, because we had a weak schedule, and that helped us alot, but we are seriously misguided if last year gives us hope, to me, we were frauds as much as the Broncos.

by PierrEagles on Mar 23, 2010 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

While I agree with most of your sentiment ...

… the counterargument is look who we lost to: A team that won the Super Bowl, a team that won its division and had a first-round bye and another team that won its division.

The Oakland loss was an always will be an aberration, one that screwed the season up from the moment it happened. On one hand it exposed the Eagles’ lack of consistency on offense — kinda seemed like we just kept on waiting to hit a big play that would win us that game and we never did — but on the other … actually there is nothing on the other.

Saying we only beat okay & bad teams doesn’t really give any clarity as to where the Eagles stood since 5 of our 6 losses came against three of the five best teams in football. So were the Eagles No. 6 or 16? Kinda hard to tell.

If they’re 6, then maybe they can justify mostly staying the same and still contending. If they really weren’t that close at all, then the teardown & get behind Kolb strategy might be wise.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Mar 24, 2010 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions

The other hand ...

… I remember where I was going.

On the other hand, if we’d been able to pull out that Oakland game, we’d have been 12-4 and had a first-round bye.

So basically the Eagles can play just as inconsistently as they did last season and still put themselves in position to win a Super Bowl.

To actually win one, I think we all agree they’d have to improve in several areas. But there’s no real shame in losing to New Orleans and at San Diego and to Dallas.

If I had any concern, it would be the ass-whoopins those teams laid on us, and in the case of Dallas, the lack of any kind of counter-punch once they had our number.

Oddly enough, I think if a portion of this offseason is spent trying to figure out how to beat Dallas, that’ll help a lot, because we’re gonna have to see them two, maybe three, times again next year.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Mar 24, 2010 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Um we can't play inconsistently

again next year and expect to be 11-5/12-4. Not with next years schedule.

by Team Serbia on Mar 24, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Offensively we were unbelievable when you consider just how bad our OL was for a lot of the season. Defensively we freaking sucked, we got no pressure on the QB and couldn’t stop the run. Turnovers were our saving grace.

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Mar 23, 2010 11:51 AM EDT reply actions

McDermott

isn’t to blame on defense especially after losing a legend, but at times his defense reminded me of my own when playing madden…….blitz everyone all the time. JJ blitzed a lot but he could disguise his blitzes and knew when not to blitz. I feel like McDermott going all or none killed us. Also the deep zone coverage giving up huge plays in the 15-20 yards area and the catch and run was another bad area. I don’t have stats to back it up but from a fans standpoint me and my fellow bird fans all thought the same thing.

by RossyJr22 on Mar 23, 2010 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

I don't know if he blitzed more than JJ

Especially at the beginning of the season, but the problem was that we weren’t getting any pressure from our front 4. Therefore he had to blitz or else QB’s would pick us apart.

by Team Serbia on Mar 23, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I think our Injuries caused most of that..

a healthy D and were set. McDermotts got the balls to go up against even the best Offenses in the league and keep us in games with the most rag-tag D i’ve ever seen take the field..

Now imagine if we gave him better weapons…

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Mar 23, 2010 8:56 PM EDT reply actions

Agree

His grade in Year One is incomplete. He just didn’t have the horses, and I’m sure playing with a patchwork back seven affected his play-calling.

Give him a playoff-worthy defense and let’s see what he can do.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Mar 24, 2010 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions

based upon the learning curve, the unfortunate circumstances and overall

level we played at last year I’d say McDermott got an A… Keep in mind I’m curving it a bit due to his mintor dying, his entire D falling to the injury bug and him never being a DC before.

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Mar 24, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I know

but it just always seemed like Jimmy J could do it with any amount of injuries and a bend don’t break turnover defense and this year we scored a lot of defensive touchdowns and couldn’t stop anyone.

by RossyJr22 on Mar 23, 2010 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

In fairness

JJ never had a 5th-round rookie college cornerback as his free safety. He always had this one guy back there, you might have heard of him …

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Mar 24, 2010 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions

really? who was he???

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Mar 24, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

/sarcasm

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Mar 24, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Macaronic stat

Either you go for yards per attempt (passing or running), or you go for negative play percentage (sack+INT for passing, tackled for loss for running), or you look at both and analyze the ranking. You don’t take one stat for one category (run YPA) and the other one from the other (pass NP%).
And this is coming from a guy who gets worse headaches from any stat with DVOA in it than from listening to Finnish on headphones.

Officially contributing to worldwide confusion since 1997

by Rabbit T on Mar 24, 2010 5:14 AM EDT reply actions