Our defense vs top ranked

Decided to do my flawed model of ranking defenses lol. I chose teams that are top 4 in points per game and yards per game.

points per game:
1. Jacksonville
2. Pittsburgh
3. Minnesota
4. Carolina
5. buffalo


yards per game
1. Carolina
2. Denver
3. Jacksonville
4. Minnesota
5. Pittsburgh

obviously Denver and buffalo were both not in top 5 so the rankings will go for Carolina pit jax and Vikings.


What I did was rank the offenses they played in ppg, and ypg. Added the total of all the offensive ranking ppg's and divided by 8. Did the same with ypg faced. Obviously the lower the points the better.


steelers:
17.5 ppg faced
20.5 ypg faced
19 total

jacksonville:
15.75 ppg faced
19.25 ypg faced
17.5 total


vikings:
18 ppg faced
15.5 ypg faced
16.75 total

panthers:
16.875 ppg faced
15.625 ypg faced
16.25 total


Now I will add both ypg and ppg and divide by two, to come up with total defense metric based on offenses they have faced. Now lets add in the turnovers to complete this.

Jax: 3rd in takeaways
pit: 17 in takeaways
vikings: 21
carolina 26


now sacks:
1. jax 35 lol damn
2. Carolina 29
3. dallas 27 wtf dallas? your d aint that great
4. pit 26
8. Minnesota 24

If I had to rank overall defenses it would definitely be:

1. Jacksonville= true dominant defense, they are killing it across the board.
2. Carolina = only weakness is turnovers
3. Vikings = I think they are slightly better than us
4. Pittsburgh = I feel we will be 2-3 at years end. Jax will take the crown.


That is my analysis, take care everyone.

 

Wow that's a lot of work and a lot of info nice job. So it would be cool to see who your top offense's are and see if you have any of the 4 there.

So with these numbers we could see a Jax/Panther SB weren't they expansion teams the same year? That would be something......of course I am still partial to seeing the steelers there!!!!!! lol

 

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Steelers defence is pretty good but not as good as Jacksonville's, Dallas' defense isn't as good as the stats say, Cleveland still sucks

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What’s hard to understand lol.

 

word salad lol

 

Out of the top 4 we are 4th best in my eyes lol. But a legit 4, not skewed by facing all terrible offenses.

That is what I meant to say

 

I'll take the 16.4 PPG allowed any day of the week.

You do that your winning football games in today's NFL, where most all the rules benefit the offense side of the ball.

 

This monstrousity that is now Jacksonville has been years in the making; 2015 if anything. Defense wins championships and Jacksonville has the pieces in place to make some serious noise should they win their division.



I stated this at the beginning of the year that Jacksonville would be a force to be reckon with. Now, they have officially put the conference on notice.



With Leonard Fournette and that defense, look for Jacksonville to make a playoff run. Heck, based on what BigBenHotness has stated, Jacksonville might just be that team to do to New England what the New York Jets did to them seven years ago in Gillette.

 

You called Jacksonville to the best D before the season and you were right.

8 more games though

 

Remaining eight;




Los Angeles Chargers


Cleveland Browns


Arizona Cardinals


Indianapolis Colts


Seattle Seahawks


Houston Texans


San Francisco 49ers


Tennessee Titans





Los Angeles, Seattle and Tennessee I can see them having some issues. The others I am not too concerned about.


Jacksonville, in all actuality, matches up with every team within their final eight based on the personnel they have on defense. They can beat you with speed or power. There really does not seem to be a glaring weakness to the Jaguars defense now with the aquisition of Marcell Dareus.

 

Jax does have a good team, but it's very rare to win the SB without a star QB. The odds are against Jax

 

True but ridiculous defense with a top 10 offense. They can very well knock those pats for us

 

Jacksonville D reminds me of the Denver's '15 D... but better. Damn good.

 

Even with 5 turnovers, we passed for 300, rushed for 70, and had 31 minutes T.O.P.

If it weren't for our blatant mistakes, that game was ours. Their D is solid, but I'm not as impressed as some around here. We can beat that defense without firing on all cylindars.

 

Good point.

Pretty much the case for anyone we play.

 

i'm so confused. are we good or not?

 

to be honest their D relies on turnovers, which is why they rank 3rd. Meaning they rush the passer well, which causes bad throws and their secondary are ball hawks. So they won't stifle you, but they will harass you into making a mistake. Then they feast.

Elite offenses will probably get past them.

 

I like all your flawed posts.

 

I am not a wordsmith nor smart enough to provide a metric system that holds merit on my grading system, but I wanted to just point out our defense is where it needs to be. Not the best, but sure as hell not an inflated by the numbers defense. They are who they are, a damn good D that needs some offensive spark to get to #7.

 

Indubitably

 

yeah, I agree. Rams took it to them because they forced Jax to play from behind. Great offenses can beat Jax, unfortunately we are not great lol.

I do feel good about the rematch, vs lets say playing New England.

 

Don’t forget Gilbert and tuitt mixed in

 

As it stands currently, here are the top five teams in the NFL in Rushing Yards allowed per game.


1.) Philidelphia


2.) Carolina


3.) Minnesota


4.) Cleveland


5.) Denver



*** Pittsburgh currently comes in at number 14.



Here is another key statistic; opponents rushing yards per attempt. Here are the top five.


1.) Cleveland


2.) Denver


3.) Minnesota


4.) Tenessee


5.) Philidelphia



*** Pittsburgh currently is 26th.




Let us now take a look at the most important rush defense statistic; Opponents Rushing Play Percentage (an estimate on how often teams rush against these defenses).


1.) Philidelphia


2.) Dallas


3.) New England


4.) Carolina


5.) Minneosta



Pittsburgh is in the top 10 at number 7.




All that being said, only New England would have a good shot to down the Jaguars in Gillette. However, within the same vein and, unlike any other team in the league, Jacksonville has made a living of simply rushing four to harass any Quarterback thus far. Compound the issues that Brady has had this season holding onto the football longer and a possible showdown between Jacksonville vs. New England would have some 2010 vibes of when the young upstart Jets did the improbable.



Currently speaking, Pittsburgh does not have the assets to neutralize Jacksonville's ground attack. However, there is one key statisitc that Team Rankings does account for; last three games.


Here is where Pittsburgh ranks in the aforementioned categories, starting with rushing yards allowed.


1st



Opponents Rush Yards Per Attempt.


3rd. Cleveland is still number one while Carolina is 2nd.



Opponents Rushing Play Percentage.


1st.



This does weave quite the revenge factor for Pittsburgh as Mike Tomlin has historically had second half surges in the past. Coupled with the fact that Pittsburgh's remaining schedule does line up favourably for them, all signs point to a win much like last season against Miami.



Within the same token however, consider this; Suppose we fall against New England but lock up the 2nd seed and Jacksonville clinches the 5th or 6th. By rule, best second plays weakest seed but second seed plays strongest remaining. Given New England's odd struggles at Gillette this season in addition to Jacksonville adding a much needed piece in Marcell Dareus , who can come along quickly, I personally see no reason as to why Jacksonville cannot make noise.



As I stated intially, the acquisition of Marcell Dareus alone solves a laundry list of Jacksonville run defense issues by himself. Adding that front seven with that back end along with Bortles' improved play screams the 2010 New York Jets when Mark Sanchez did it.



Essentially Elvis, all I am stating is that the conference has been put on notice. That defense with an ever improving offensive line and Blake Bortles and Leonard Fournette will cause serious issues later on in the season and possibly the playoffs.