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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
The Eagles roster last year was better than the Ravens one this year imo and their record was virtually the same. In the regular season Jalen had 35 td's combined, 3700 passing and 700 rushing. This year Lamar had 31 total td's combined, 3600 passing and 800 rushing. So one could argue JALEN WAS ACTUALLY BETTER!!.
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The Eagles played a soft schedule last year and started off undefeated, so they seemed like a dominant team. Whereas the Ravens dropped a rainy game to the Colts early and lost to their rivals in the Steelers and so didn’t have the same hype. But that’s all that is: hype.
But a more objective metric like DVOA scores the Ravens as one of the best teams of all time and doesn’t rate the Eagles in that conversation. The Ravens played a tough schedule and dominated their opponents. That’s a better way to gauge how good a roster is than back-of-the-napkin roster “analysis.”
Look no further than the discrepancy between the Eagles offseason and their actual performance this year. People were tugging Howie Roseman off for spamming every UGA player in the draft. How did that turn out for them?