volsunghawk":1uajc66t said:Nickel":1uajc66t said:Polaris":1uajc66t said:Nickel":1uajc66t said:The Broncos have the best run D in the league this year, .....
No they don't. The Cardinals had the best run defense and I think your Niners were up there in the top five.
If you go by DVOA, then it's even less true. Denver's Run defense is adequate and that's about it.
Edit PS: Also don't forget that Denver got up big on some teams forcing teams to abandon the run. This artificially inflates the Denver run defense using conventional stats (but not DVOA which is one big reason I trust DVOA over conventional stats).
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats? ... 447263-n=1
There's their standing in the NFL as far as rushing defense goes. You are absolutely right that stats get inflated by the fact many teams are playing from behind and thus abandoning the run.
You need to understand how the interwebs work better. That's the stats for postseason only. Hooray for small sample size.
Not just small sample sizes but skewed sample sizes as well. Look at the regular season stats and the DVOA for the entire season and we'll talk.
IMHO you are now cherry picking data.