Erebus
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I know, yards don't really tell the whole story, nor are they the best indicator of how good a defense is, but I found this interesting. With one more game played than most teams, we're still number one in total yards allowed, not just yards per game. We're currently at 285.8 yards per game (3429 total). So if Buffalo, the current #2 team in total yards allowed (3434 yards), were to allow zero yards on Sunday, we'd still have the number one defense.
If our defense can allow an average of 237 yards per game or less for the remainder of the season (against Mark Sanchez, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Stanton, and Shaun Hill), we will beat last year's total. We've allowed an average of 184 yards per game over our last two games against two of those upcoming QBs. Amazingly, Mark Sanchez is our biggest remaining threat.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/sort/netTotalYards/position/defense
If our defense can allow an average of 237 yards per game or less for the remainder of the season (against Mark Sanchez, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Stanton, and Shaun Hill), we will beat last year's total. We've allowed an average of 184 yards per game over our last two games against two of those upcoming QBs. Amazingly, Mark Sanchez is our biggest remaining threat.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total/sort/netTotalYards/position/defense