Week 1 DVOA Ratings

Post #1 » by **J.Kim** » Tue Sep 9, 2008 7:35 pm

Of course, since it's week 1, there shouldn't be too much weight being put in to DVOA, but it's still interesting to check out what a game like Philadelphia had rates on the DVOA scale.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2008/0 ... ings/6555/

Post #2 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue Sep 9, 2008 8:11 pm

I find it interesting that the Patriots’ VOA is so high: I don’t remember how the defensive metrics treat unpressured drops (or, at least, how much in credited to the defense) but the Patriots definitely benefited from quite a few dropped passes that they had nothing to do with.

Post #3 » by **lpsevier** » Tue Sep 9, 2008 9:25 pm

Falcons should stay at #2 most of the year :lol:

Post #4 » by **J.Kim** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:03 am

Basketball Jesus wrote:I find it interesting that the Patriots’ VOA is so high: I don’t remember how the defensive metrics treat unpressured drops (or, at least, how much in credited to the defense) but the Patriots definitely benefited from quite a few dropped passes that they had nothing to do with.

I think it's subjective depending on how the DB or the cover player played the ball. There's a couple fluky aspects towards that in a game-by-game aspect, but over a season it averages it out I think.

Post #5 » by **HCYanks** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:43 am

Eh, it's just not as worthwhile to look at until they can make the defensive adjustments and get the picture a little clearer IMO.

The comedy numbers from the Iggles and Rams game are still fun, though.