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What the hell's going on around here??!! Am I reading this right?

This can't be right. What the hell. That makes NO sense to me.  

http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense

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#1 · Oct 15, 6:19 PM
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Quite the start to the game.

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#2 · Oct 15, 6:27 PM
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@"NorthernCalVike" said: What the hell's going on around here??!! Am I reading this right?

This can't be right. What the hell. That makes NO sense to me.  

http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense


total yards but not scoring. they should be heading to the down escalator anytime now.

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#3 · Oct 15, 6:46 PM
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So glad I picked them up in fantasy for basically nothing at the end of my draft and then decided it was a dumb move and traded to get the Vikings D.

That worked out well.

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#4 · Oct 15, 7:15 PM
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Well they just gave up 286 yards and 24 points in the first half, so... 

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@"CLOBIMON" said: Well they just gave up 286 yards and 24 points in the first half, so... 
To a backup QB. Green Bay is not some kind of good team, they just have Aaron Rodgers. And even with him, they are average which is kind of new territory for them.
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@"NorthernCalVike" said: What the hell's going on around here??!! Am I reading this right?

This can't be right. What the hell. That makes NO sense to me.  

http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense


Was this before the game started?  If so, all the other teams played, so the yards total was skewed to favor them.

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@"HappyViking" said:
@"NorthernCalVike" said: What the hell's going on around here??!! Am I reading this right?

This can't be right. What the hell. That makes NO sense to me.  

http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense


Was this before the game started?  If so, all the other teams played, so the yards total was skewed to favor them.


It was before the game. What started me on this was I went to the NFL Network and clicked on the Monday night game info for the teams where it showed each teams rankings for various things side by side comparison, and it listed the GB D as #1 in the NFL. I was like what the f are they talking about? So I did a bit of looking and found that link. 

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Sure why not. Let them have it for all the league cares about defense.
Scoring at an all time high. That's what they want. Who has the #1 D is alot like who makes the fastest economy car. Sure it matters... but really?

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#9 · Oct 16, 12:29 PM
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I think they should just default to the per game stats when showing stats that are based off teams having played multiple games.  It's kind of silly to mix apples and oranges together.

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Yards/game, we're the 16th defense.
Points/game we're 18th.

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@"AGRforever" said:
Yards/game, we're the 16th defense. Points/game we're 18th.
which honestly means nothing without taking into account the teams we have played vs the team others have played.  these rankings really dont mean shit this early in the year IMO unless you are sucking ass and the teams you have played look the same way.
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