UPDATED 12/24
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Over the years I've grown tired of hearing, "this defense is ranked 23rd against the pass" or "this defense ranks 5th against the run". Why? Because those rankings are derived from yardage only. Plus, it takes yardage as a whole, regardless of which position player is responsible for the actual yardage. Quite frankly, I don't think that's a very good indication of how a particular defense performs in a fantasy sense. It doesn't take into account what a defense does against, say, opposing WRs.
You see a defense ranked #10 against the pass and assume they're pretty tough... forcing you to look elsewhere when considering which WR to start. What you didn't know was that of the 202 passing YPG they are yielding, 165 of that was to WRs every week. That's huge! What that tells me is that this particular defense is very good against tight ends and RBs, but does allow a good amount of yardage to the wideouts. So you don't necessarily have to be so concerned about starting your WR against that defense.
Another thing that bothers me about the "defensive rankings" is that they dont' take into account TDs scored. For quite some time Denver's defense showed very good against passing yardage but was allowing two TDs through the air per game. If someone was to bench a WR because the Broncos had the "2nd best pass defense" in the league, they'd be kicking themselves after they missed a TD from the WR they benched.
Bottom line: There's more to passing and rushing defenses than generic yardage... and I'm here to bring it to you. Not only will you see how much yardage, per position, each defense is allowing, you'll also see a game-by-game breakdown and an average number of yards and TDs for each of the 32 teams in the NFL. Enjoy.
CLICK HERE FOR THE YARDAGE/SCORING TOOL
CLICK HERE FOR THE YARDAGE/SCORING TOOL
Over the years I've grown tired of hearing, "this defense is ranked 23rd against the pass" or "this defense ranks 5th against the run". Why? Because those rankings are derived from yardage only. Plus, it takes yardage as a whole, regardless of which position player is responsible for the actual yardage. Quite frankly, I don't think that's a very good indication of how a particular defense performs in a fantasy sense. It doesn't take into account what a defense does against, say, opposing WRs.
You see a defense ranked #10 against the pass and assume they're pretty tough... forcing you to look elsewhere when considering which WR to start. What you didn't know was that of the 202 passing YPG they are yielding, 165 of that was to WRs every week. That's huge! What that tells me is that this particular defense is very good against tight ends and RBs, but does allow a good amount of yardage to the wideouts. So you don't necessarily have to be so concerned about starting your WR against that defense.
Another thing that bothers me about the "defensive rankings" is that they dont' take into account TDs scored. For quite some time Denver's defense showed very good against passing yardage but was allowing two TDs through the air per game. If someone was to bench a WR because the Broncos had the "2nd best pass defense" in the league, they'd be kicking themselves after they missed a TD from the WR they benched.
Bottom line: There's more to passing and rushing defenses than generic yardage... and I'm here to bring it to you. Not only will you see how much yardage, per position, each defense is allowing, you'll also see a game-by-game breakdown and an average number of yards and TDs for each of the 32 teams in the NFL. Enjoy.
CLICK HERE FOR THE YARDAGE/SCORING TOOL
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