TL:DR; Cool numbers, but what should I take from this table?
Comparing the defense from (2017 to 2020) to (2021 to now)
we:
- allowed less points per drive
- less opponent drives ended in a score
while:
- defending shorter fields (we gave opponents better starting field position on avg.)
- having an offense that on average didn’t score as often
- having an offense that scored less per drive
PFF grade is subjective upon the grader and the PFF guidelines. If you spent the whole game under throwing wide open receivers and he somehow one handed catches it jukes out 10 dudes and gets the TD, your passer rating would be perfect but your PFF grade wouldn’t be. I’m not saying that’s what Purdy did, but just using it to make the example of how the two aren’t correlated.
A QB could miss all his throws and have a horrible passer rating but if his throws were all perfect and the receivers should have caught them, then his PFF grade would be good.
3rding some ear protection. It’s a very loud environment with the music and the cannon.
With enough of a sample size, it’s a pretty damn good indication. We can do epa/play if you want.
Offensive EPA / Defensive EPA allowed from 2021 to 2023
Chiefs: 1st / 14th
Bills: 2nd / 3rd
9ers: 3rd / 4th
Eagles: 4th / 7th
Cowboys: 5th / 1st
Packers: 6th / 22nd
Bengals: 7th / 9th
Chargers: 8th / 28th
Bucs: 9th / 6th
Dolphins: 10th / 12th