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<blockquote data-quote="JBlood" data-source="post: 580932" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>Football Outsiders again has interesting stats on offensive and defensive drives. According to their numbers, our defense currently ranks 31st in plays/drive; 30th in yards/drive; 30th in TOP/drive and 17th in points/drive. Drive Success Rate (percent of drive series resulting in 1st downs or touchdowns) we rank 28th. We are currently excelling in turnovers/drive, where we rank 3rd; and in points/red zone where we rank 5th. </p><p></p><p>Detroit, with the no. 1 defense overall, ranks 1st in yds/drive, 1st in points/drive, 2nd in TOP/drive, 3rd in DSR, and 5th in plays/drive. </p><p></p><p>So, while scoring defense is most important, the best defense in the league does that by limiting drives. We're a little worse than average in scoring defense, only because of turnovers (much of which is luck), and better play in the red zone. </p><p>We've got a long way to go to be a dominating defense.</p><p></p><p>Note: look here for a column on randomness associated with turnovers, written by a Packers fan: <a href="http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2004/guest-column-turnovers-and-unpredictability-defense" target="_blank">http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2004/guest-column-turnovers-and-unpredictability-defense</a></p><p></p><p>"A defense's tendency to force turnovers is fairly important to the team's success, but it seems to be even more unpredictable. In general, a team's ability to force fumbles seems to be almost entirely luck. There is a little bit more persistence in a team's ability to force interceptions, though it isn't clear how much of this ability is just a residual effect of general defensive ability." Jim Armstrong 4/22/014</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JBlood, post: 580932, member: 16"] Football Outsiders again has interesting stats on offensive and defensive drives. According to their numbers, our defense currently ranks 31st in plays/drive; 30th in yards/drive; 30th in TOP/drive and 17th in points/drive. Drive Success Rate (percent of drive series resulting in 1st downs or touchdowns) we rank 28th. We are currently excelling in turnovers/drive, where we rank 3rd; and in points/red zone where we rank 5th. Detroit, with the no. 1 defense overall, ranks 1st in yds/drive, 1st in points/drive, 2nd in TOP/drive, 3rd in DSR, and 5th in plays/drive. So, while scoring defense is most important, the best defense in the league does that by limiting drives. We're a little worse than average in scoring defense, only because of turnovers (much of which is luck), and better play in the red zone. We've got a long way to go to be a dominating defense. Note: look here for a column on randomness associated with turnovers, written by a Packers fan: [url]http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2004/guest-column-turnovers-and-unpredictability-defense[/url] "A defense's tendency to force turnovers is fairly important to the team's success, but it seems to be even more unpredictable. In general, a team's ability to force fumbles seems to be almost entirely luck. There is a little bit more persistence in a team's ability to force interceptions, though it isn't clear how much of this ability is just a residual effect of general defensive ability." Jim Armstrong 4/22/014 [/QUOTE]
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