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<blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 793337" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>A lot of good points raised here.</p><p></p><p>Points/drive is a metric that, in a perfect world, would be very telling. By for reasons you raise, it's faulty (short fields, defensive scoring, etc.).</p><p></p><p>I like Footballoutsider's DVOA as a metric-- not as an end all, be all, but it's more thoughtfully informed than your typical raw stat.</p><p></p><p>At the moment, FO gives Green Bay a dead neutral Defensive DVOA of 0.0%, which is also dead average in the league overall (Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay are all at 0.0% and are the 15th, 16th, and 17th teams in their rankings).</p><p></p><p>It's interesting that your own analysis gave them a "C+" and FO has them right in the middle as well. I think their ranking makes sense anecdotally as we've seen stretches of excellence and stretches of misery from the Packers' stop unit so far.</p><p></p><p>For years, fans have said that if only the Packers had an average defense, Rodgers could make some serious noise. It would seem that they now have at least that, but the offense is out of sync. Here's hoping that a weak opponent at home on MNF and a week off will help them pull it all together.</p><p></p><p>Sorry-- I see this was already being discussed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dantés, post: 793337, member: 12283"] A lot of good points raised here. Points/drive is a metric that, in a perfect world, would be very telling. By for reasons you raise, it's faulty (short fields, defensive scoring, etc.). I like Footballoutsider's DVOA as a metric-- not as an end all, be all, but it's more thoughtfully informed than your typical raw stat. At the moment, FO gives Green Bay a dead neutral Defensive DVOA of 0.0%, which is also dead average in the league overall (Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay are all at 0.0% and are the 15th, 16th, and 17th teams in their rankings). It's interesting that your own analysis gave them a "C+" and FO has them right in the middle as well. I think their ranking makes sense anecdotally as we've seen stretches of excellence and stretches of misery from the Packers' stop unit so far. For years, fans have said that if only the Packers had an average defense, Rodgers could make some serious noise. It would seem that they now have at least that, but the offense is out of sync. Here's hoping that a weak opponent at home on MNF and a week off will help them pull it all together. Sorry-- I see this was already being discussed. [/QUOTE]
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