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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
Number one in yards, in scoring, in efficiency, in explosive plays. What metric would you like to use?
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I would use a multifaceted metric, or I would compile multiple stats/metrics to better describe the offense. Because those metrics above just don't. I mean, I get it; they sound cool. But they lack any precision.
If they did, they'd explain what happened in the IND, BUF, CIN, TEN, LAR, DEN and HOU games. In one of the JAX games. In the first half of the SB.
You know, when they kind of sucked in those games.
The ones that are particularly concerning are obviously both the BUF and the CIN games. But let's skip that for now. In fact, we'll just put this right here:
[INSERT STANDARD EXCUSE VS. BUF/CIN HERE]
But where was this number one offense vs. TEN?
8/19 3rd downs
2-13 scoring drives. 15% efficiency.
Against a team that didn't even make the playoffs. They didn't earn a W over their last 7 games.
The Rams. Sorry, the practice squad of the Rams
5-11 on 3rd downs
2-8 scoring drives
1-6 in the RZ
Maybe that score/performance would've been acceptable if the Rams had actually been the Rams. But they were a practice squad wearing Rams colors.
And somehow "the number one scoring offense in the world" managed just two TDs against a defense that only could play 5 players of their SB defense vs. KC.
Went 1 TD in SIX TRIPS inside the RZ.
Good thing Stafford wasn't healthy. And our kicking unit was on point.
Had to go to OT vs. DEN and HOU. [Insert standard "they're a Division rival" excuse here for DEN.]
Scored just 24 vs. SEA
3rd down efficiency was ass again, 3-11
Scored just 3 TDs in 10 drives
But the most concerning thing shouldn't be the individual games themselves, but should be that some of those games were late in the season, when the offense was supposed to be gelling into playoff form. But obviously, when you take a little deeper look into the stats, past "MOST EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE EVAH," or whatever non-contextualized metric of the day is, there were problems. Chronic ones. There were even games where one could make the argument that KC won in spite of the offense, not because of it.
But whatever. I've posted this argument in much more complete detail a couple three times already. Obviously it's way more fun to throw "We're the number one offense ever" out there, than to be more analytical. I get it.