Homework Assignment on Chiefs Defense over last three weeks.
 

I do not have time to do this myself, or I would. Could someone compute the stats for just the past three weeks over the entire NFL, and see what the defense would be ranking in the important categories over that three week stretch?

Thanks in advance! :toast:

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Clay has posted on Twitter about this. I can't think of the specific tweet.

Stand by.

Just for the Vikings game.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vikings averaged 6.4 yards per play coming into the game today (3rd).<br><br>Chiefs defense allowed 4.7 yards per play today.<br><br>Over an entire season, that would rank 3rd in the NFL.</p>&mdash; 65 Sent (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1191104200580771841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Waiting for the media the furiously masturbate over the Chiefs being historically great.

Damn that should have been a thumbs up

If we could just get a stretch of 1-7 teams, they probably would...

That's interesting but one game does not tell a story. He was asking about the past 3 weeks.

Actually, the total yards allowed over the past 3 weeks averages 295.7 per game. That is good for 3rd place behind San Francisco and New England if you were to extrapolate that total yards allowed figure over the entire season so far.

1. 49ers - 241.0
2. Patriots - 249.3
3. Chiefs - 295.7
4. Bills - 296.2
5. Broncos - 309.7

What, what what? :doh!:

Three weeks is three weeks.

Is that not what Coogs asked for? :spock:

Or was he wanting the past 3 weeks compared to what the rest of the NFL has done over the last 3 weeks? That would be something entirely different and much more time consuming. I don't have the time nor the patience to do something like that.

This is a super important stat, I think...just behind the more important plays-from-scrimmage for our defense. People have often said - correctly - that yards coughed up (bending) do not matter nearly as much when you're not giving up the points...or more specifically, touchdowns (don't break). But with such a quick-strike offense, to really build around Pat and his skills, we need a defense that is tailored to get off the field quickly...even if it means giving up big plays, occasionally (which WILL rack up the yards), we can live with that IF we keep the number plays down. Because Pat is going to strike quick again and the defense will need to be right back out on the field and that just increases fatigue and susceptibility to injury.

I'm hoping we're seeing the beginning of Spags figuring out how to achieve this consistently.

And while it's not the biggest priority, I think we really need a grinder running back that can put games away once we achieve the ideal point where time-remaining and point-differential demands a slow-down. This also protects Pat at the end of games from some stupid desperation hits that players might want to take on our Franchise.

Probably not necessary - while the teams might change spots in yards allowed over the past 3 weeks, I doubt there's too much variance in the actual numbers. We would still sit in the top 5 I think.

Which "important" stats are we talking about? Over the course of the season several of us have computed at least four or five important stats, but there are literally dozens of defensive stats out there.