Gridiron Rank has the 49ers at....

Niners99 · 2011-10-31T03:17:31-07:00

Number 4 overall. 2nd in the NFL in defense. This website called gridironrank.com uses a system some guy at Princeton developed to accurately measure defensive and offensive performance. It looks past basic and pointless numbers like yards allowed. It credits defenses for situational performance. For example, when a defense comes onto the field after a fumble at the goal line, giving up a TD wasnt really their fault. This system gives very little penalty for allowing a TD on a 1 yd drive, and little credit for preventing a score on a drive starting at their opponents 1 yd line. Theres a bunch of numbers that go into it, but its a great system. It shows you who the real high performing teams are on both offense and defense. the top 5 teams overall have been the Packers, Saints, Ravens, 49ers, and Patriots in that order. the top 5 offenses have been Saints, Patriots, Packers, Bills, Panthers (49ers rank 15th) the top 5 defenses have been Ravens, 49ers, Bengals, Jets, Lions If you read into how they calculate their numbers, it makes alot of sense. http://www.gridironrank.com/home.html

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Oct 31, 2011 at 7:18 AM

cubanb
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Who?

Oct 31, 2011 at 7:30 AM

NCommand
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Love it! This is good stuff and I love statistical analysis like this...

Nov 1, 2011 at 2:12 AM

Niners99
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now number 2 overall!

Nov 1, 2011 at 2:30 AM

DonnieDarko
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Originally posted by NCommand:
Love it! This is good stuff and I love statistical analysis like this...

stats are for losers

Nov 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM

Niners99
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Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Love it! This is good stuff and I love statistical analysis like this...

stats are for losers

not when youre 6-1, and the stats say "yeah, theyre 6-1 for a good reason."

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