Sure, we have the 1st overall run defense. Here's a list of the healthy RBs that we've faced:
Lamar Miller
Damien Williams - 36 total rushing yards this season, all against us and Oakland, on 3.3 ypc
Donald Brown - 126 rushing yards on 2.1 ypc
Alfred Blue - 165 rushing yards, 3.9 ypc
George Winn - 64 rushing yards, mostly against us, 4.0 ypc
Forte had 83 yards on 4.8 ypc against us and they gave up using him.
Vereen and Ridley, after Forte, are the best we've faced, but that's not saying much. Vereen's career high four seasons in is 251. Ridley had one good seasons two seasons ago, two mediocre ones, and is tracking for another lackluster 900 yard season with a career ypc average of 4.3 despite lining up behind Brady.
Anyone not having factored that is has been remiss.
All of a sudden our defensive rankings have dropped significantly.
Tied for 7th and 1 point/game from average in points allowed.
11th in yardage D.
26th in pass D.
22nd in yards per attempt allowed.
25th in passing TDs allowed.
20th in passer rating.
27th in completion percentage.
Does anyone know how difficult it's going to be trying to climb back into the top-10 on most of these now?
Those are consistent with our past teams. Oh sure, we rank 2nd in sacks, tied with four other teams including Jax and Jets, and in a 4-way tie for 11th in INTs, essentially average there. But we don't miss Byrd. We have 6 INTs, two against Fitzpatrick and one against Tannehill, and two against Cutler in that debacle of a game of his. He lit us up in yardage nonetheless. None on Rivers or Brady. One on Stafford who only had Golden Tate to throw to who lit us up too. Good thing that the rest of Detroit's starters were all out.
Many of you here claim that I and a few others here don't know what we're talking about or how to analyze things, but dam if we haven't pointed these things out dozens of times ahead of time.
Either way, I'm awaiting all the detailed explanations as to why a defense that's been called elite here for a couple of weeks now is ranked so low in so many categories.
This defense is hardly elite. The LBs and DBs are both average at best units. The DL is very good but Kyle Williams is the only player that plays consistently. Both Mario and Dareus are known for showing up sporadically. Hughes, strangely, might be the next most consistent player on the DL. TBD
Lamar Miller
Damien Williams - 36 total rushing yards this season, all against us and Oakland, on 3.3 ypc
Donald Brown - 126 rushing yards on 2.1 ypc
Alfred Blue - 165 rushing yards, 3.9 ypc
George Winn - 64 rushing yards, mostly against us, 4.0 ypc
Forte had 83 yards on 4.8 ypc against us and they gave up using him.
Vereen and Ridley, after Forte, are the best we've faced, but that's not saying much. Vereen's career high four seasons in is 251. Ridley had one good seasons two seasons ago, two mediocre ones, and is tracking for another lackluster 900 yard season with a career ypc average of 4.3 despite lining up behind Brady.
Anyone not having factored that is has been remiss.
All of a sudden our defensive rankings have dropped significantly.
Tied for 7th and 1 point/game from average in points allowed.
11th in yardage D.
26th in pass D.
22nd in yards per attempt allowed.
25th in passing TDs allowed.
20th in passer rating.
27th in completion percentage.
Does anyone know how difficult it's going to be trying to climb back into the top-10 on most of these now?
Those are consistent with our past teams. Oh sure, we rank 2nd in sacks, tied with four other teams including Jax and Jets, and in a 4-way tie for 11th in INTs, essentially average there. But we don't miss Byrd. We have 6 INTs, two against Fitzpatrick and one against Tannehill, and two against Cutler in that debacle of a game of his. He lit us up in yardage nonetheless. None on Rivers or Brady. One on Stafford who only had Golden Tate to throw to who lit us up too. Good thing that the rest of Detroit's starters were all out.
Many of you here claim that I and a few others here don't know what we're talking about or how to analyze things, but dam if we haven't pointed these things out dozens of times ahead of time.
Either way, I'm awaiting all the detailed explanations as to why a defense that's been called elite here for a couple of weeks now is ranked so low in so many categories.
This defense is hardly elite. The LBs and DBs are both average at best units. The DL is very good but Kyle Williams is the only player that plays consistently. Both Mario and Dareus are known for showing up sporadically. Hughes, strangely, might be the next most consistent player on the DL. TBD
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