HoosierCat Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Would be last season's Bengals squad, per FO...http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2008/03/1...ra-points/6187/Interesting. I thought they'd be worse than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ample proof of why so many feel that any stat based analysis is often nothing but "damned lies". After all, the incredibly average 2003 Panthers team made it to the Super Bowl, and barely lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well, there's no real "analysis" here, just a data point.As for the 2003 Panthers, it just goes to show that a steady but unspectacular team can go a long way if it catches some breaks. And Carolina did: they were the only team in their division to post a winning record, and they got to play an easy schedule outside of it (versus 4 and 5 win teams like the Giants, Texans, Lions, Redskins, Jags and Cardinals). Most of their games were close wins or losses (12 of 16 regular season games were decided by a TD or less, in 6 of those the margin of difference was a FG). The only team they blew out was the Falcons (by 20) and the only time they got pounded was a 20-point loss to the Titans. Finally, 2 of their 3 NFC playoff opponents were teams they had played and lost to in the regular season, Dallas and Philly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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