49ers Leading the League in Efficiency

Ted Ginn, Akers and Andy lee... they make a big difference in this statistics

Originally posted by NinersEverywhere:
Ted Ginn, Akers and Andy lee... they make a big difference in this statistics

it's a team sport so YA!

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:
But at the same time, it means our offense takes advantage of the short field provided to them by defense (and special teams). So many great defenses didn't have an offense that could take advantage of such situations - so I think it does say quite a bit about our offense. But yea, our offense is obviously not better than New England, and I believe efficiency is also the wrong word to use. I'd call our offense most "opportunist" in the league.

Anyway, this a good find. This is why we're 5-1, we defend like a top defense when it matters, and we play like a good offense when we have to.

yep. almost all offenses get stopped on a fairly regular basis, but few can own the field position like the niners do. a lot of that has to do with andy lee though, the dude just does not give up returns. he gets 50-60+ yd punts but they are not line drives, so his coverage is there. then david akers can get a 55+yd FG and he boots the ball out of the endzone almost every time.

Originally posted by matt49er:

I am so pumped up about this team! Can't wait to come see the team come back from the bye fresh, healthy, with Braylon back ready to blow some f**king browns out!

Me too!

Interesting.. but I think he neglected to include the special team variable. This might be more on the special team giving us a shorter field to score points. Also Harbaugh have been confident about the defense enough to defer at the start of the game. Three and out, then it's a short field for our offense. Instead of the normal 80 yds for the score, it's 50-60 yds.

why the f**k does that guy burp at the end of every sentence in the beginning.

I thought the research was interesting especially the concept of New England passes for more yards but has only 18 more points than we do. That is quite the testimony. I like opportunistic rather than efficient but in any case we are taking advantage of our opportunies at a high rate. To me these are signs of a well disciplined team, that is able to make plays on our side and inhibit playmaking on the opposing side. Thus we are 5-1.

Man that guy with the stats has the classic Chicago Polish lisp. I have a friend from up there who's whole family just about talks like that guy, they are awesome people, but they sound kind of funny.

Points don't only come from offense though... what about our defensive TDS? Did he exclude that?

Originally posted by SanFranMan:

Originally posted by stunder49:
what does this mean?

CHAMPPPPPPIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

This+1 and also means that unless your playing fantasy football stat don't mean sh*t! The stat that is the most interesting is the comparison to the Patriots. I think he mentioned that the Patriots have produced almost 2x as many yards as a team as the 49ers, but only scored 18 more points over the same amount of games. So I guess the most important stat is still having more points than your opponents. In other words we work smarter not harder!

Last year by their efficiency index we had the #15 defense and the #25 offense which pretty much sounds about right. Good defense weak offense. As a comparison last year Greenbay had the #1 defense and the #11 offense which again sounds about right........

Yes efficiency yea!! Go Niners!

HEY Sus!!!! You listening to this?



I couldn't resist...

Originally posted by HessianDud:
well put. "efficient" would imply to me that you don't turn the ball over, turn takeaways into points, convert third downs, score in the red zone, etc. We're good on most of those things but not all. We're pretty bad overall on third down. I think "opportunist" is apt.

i think this stat just clearly states what we've all seen already, but it is useful in explaining our team and their success to people who think its a mirage or a fluke or something. Talking heads probably won't take notice of something like this, but it would be less frustrating if they did.

This stat tells us why the Niners offense isn't posting huge #'s like New England or other Fantasy Football wet-dream teams. The team takes advantage of field position to control the clock and score opportunistically.

The strategy uses more time per play, keeps the ball away from the other team, and still posts points on the board. I'm all for scoring our points without the necessity of driving all the way down the field every time ... it means less 89 yard plays on the sports center highlight reel, but I would rather have the wins.

thats was pretty cool.

is kind of hard to believe when I hear "The 49ers offense is better than the patriots" when regarding efficiency. Kind of mind blowing.