NFC Wild Card Weekend: Seattle Seahawks (5) @ Washington Redskins (4)

[jWILL253]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpeterso

Top 10 points per game: 2 games - Patriots (#1) and Packers (#5) Yards per game: 3 games - Patriots (#1), Lions (#3), and Cowboys (#6) Passing yards: 4 games - Lions (#2), Cowboys (#3), Patriots (#4), and Packers (#8) Rushing yards: 7 games - Vikings (#2), 49ers (#4 - twice), Bills (#6), Patriots (#7), Panthers (#9), and Bears (#10) DVOA: 5 games - Patriots (#1), Packers (#3), 49ers (#5 - twice), and Lions (#8)

YOU SIR ARE A GOD!

Those stats are pretty tough. Nice digging, lol...

[RoundingThird]

Quote: Originally Posted by jWILL253

YOU SIR ARE A GOD! Those stats are pretty tough. Nice digging, lol...

Credit yours truly.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...g-rushing.html

[mpeterso]

Quote: Originally Posted by Po1soNNN

Credit yours truly. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...g-rushing.html

No kidding - you did the heavy lifting! Thanks!

[RoundingThird]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpeterso

No kidding - you did the heavy lifting! Thanks!

No problem man. I had actually been keeping track of some of them all year, than just needed to find the rest.

[Coug00]

Quote: Originally Posted by wwharton

Just a strange statement since how many teams play more than 3 top 10 D's a year? Seattle played 3 also. I'd think that's about the average. The Skins played Pitt and Car without Garcon. I'd have to double check but I don't think they've lost a game with Garcon starting. That Steelers game would've been much different with a WR who could catch. I believe Seattle's played only 3 top 10 offenses this year. Should we question whether or not the D can shut one down? Personally I think both Seattle's D and Washington's O have shown that they're legit. Definitely don't think you should expect the Hawks to shut them down. The Hawk's O is going to need to put up a few points if they're going to win.

Statistically, isn't the average to face 5 of them a year? I question if the Hawks D can shut down elite offenses every time they face one since football is all about matchups. I don't understand why you're having a problem with me being curious how Washington's O is going to do against Seattle's D, considering they haven't faced a good D with any success in nearly 4 months. I'm not making any predictions, just that's where I'm most interested in this game.

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Trust me, those rankings hold very little weight once the Playoffs start.

They hold very little weight in the regular season either. I'm not sure who claimed they did.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpeterso

Top 10 points per game: 2 games - Patriots (#1) and Packers (#5) Yards per game: 3 games - Patriots (#1), Lions (#3), and Cowboys (#6) Passing yards: 4 games - Lions (#2), Cowboys (#3), Patriots (#4), and Packers (#8) Rushing yards: 7 games - Vikings (#2), 49ers (#4 - twice), Bills (#6), Patriots (#7), Panthers (#9), and Bears (#10) DVOA: 5 games - Patriots (#1), Packers (#3), 49ers (#5 - twice), and Lions (#8)

Again, some serious digging. And don't get me wrong, I love stats and appreciate digging for them but it's a lot of twists and turns for this point. Your point on Washington playing a top D is valid with just the general D rating. Looking at the general O rating I think the same is true against Seattle. Breaking it down to this level would also require looking at a lot of other stats for both teams to be completely accurate. I personally feel neither team has enough experience with the top O/D (depending on who we're talking about) to come to any conclusions. Like I said before, regardless of who they've played I think they both (Seattle's D and Washington's O) have proved that they are legit.

Quote: Originally Posted by Coug00

Statistically, isn't the average to face 5 of them a year? I question if the Hawks D can shut down elite offenses every time they face one since football is all about matchups. I don't understand why you're having a problem with me being curious how Washington's O is going to do against Seattle's D, considering they haven't faced a good D with any success in nearly 4 months. I'm not making any predictions, just that's where I'm most interested in this game. They hold very little weight in the regular season either. I'm not sure who claimed they did.

I don't know what the average is but 3 seems about right... 5 could seem about right too. I don't have a problem with you being curious about that, just seemed like a strange statement.

[N51_rob]

Spent the holiday, watching a lot of coaches tape of Seattle. (I know Washington pretty well.) Seattle has some interesting match-ups defensively for the redskins attack. Seattle could present problems in the running game for one reason. They are very good along the defensive line. They have atheltic DE's that could be quick enough to catch a slower that normal RGIII. Not only that but their DT are stout in the run game. Meaning that even if their ends are crashing down on RGIII and he is giving it to Morris like he should their DTs can still be disruptive in the running game.

It will be very interesting to watch the Seattle front 4 vs the redskins running game. My hope is that RGIII is healthy enough to play without the brace, because a healthy RGIII still has the speed to make a difference.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Coug00

Statistically, isn't the average to face 5 of them a year? I question if the Hawks D can shut down elite offenses every time they face one since football is all about matchups. I don't understand why you're having a problem with me being curious how Washington's O is going to do against Seattle's D, considering they haven't faced a good D with any success in nearly 4 months. I'm not making any predictions, just that's where I'm most interested in this game. They hold very little weight in the regular season either. I'm not sure who claimed they did.

Well you originally brought up the fact that they haven't played a Top 5 Defense since Week 3 and my point was that what you were ranked then and what you're ranked now means almost nothing for the most part right now.