Rat":2oqt045i said:
Sac":2oqt045i said:
Opposing teams are being forced to pass in order to keep up, on top of that we've played two league MVP quarterbacks so far, and an MVP hopeful.
I think people $h!t on the D aren't taking those things into account.
If that were true, wouldn't most of the all-time best passing seasons be accompanied by historically awful defensive seasons?
They havn't exactly been garbage time stuff the past two weeks. I'm not expecting complete lock down, but getting those passing numbers has been way too easy for opposing offenses. Hopefully itll tighten up soon.
There have been 21 times a QB has passed for 4900+ yards in a season. Only 4 times did their team finish in the top half of passing yards allowed.
I'll list the (Year) - (Player) - (Yards) - (Team Defensive yards allowed ranking for that year)
1984 - Dan Marino - 5084 yards - 14 out of 28
2008 - Drew Brees - 5069 yards - 23 out of 32
2011 - Drew Brees - 5476 yards - 30 out of 32
2011 - Tom Brady - 5235 yards - 31 out of 32
2011 - Matt Stafford - 5038 yards - 22 out of 32
2011 - Eli Manning - 4933 yards - 29 out of 32
2012 - Drew Brees - 5177 yards - 31 out of 32
2012 - Matt Stafford - 4967 yards - 14 out of 32
2012 - Tony Romo - 4903 yards - 19 out of 32
2013 - Payton Manning - 5477 yards - 27 out of 32
2013 - Drew Brees - 5162 yards - 2 out of 32
2014 - Drew Brees - 4952 yards - 25 out of 32
2014 - Ben Roethlisberger - 4952 yards - 27 out of 32
2016 - Drew Brees - 5208 yards - 32 out of 32
2016 - Matt Ryan - 4944 yards - 28 out of 32
2016 - Kirk Cousins - 4917 yards - 25 out of 32
2018 - Ben Roethlisberger - 5129 yards - 10 out of 32
2018 - Patrick Mahomes - 5097 yards - 31 out of 32
2018 - Matt Ryan - 4924 yards - 27 out of 32
2019 - Jameis Winston - 5109 yards - 30 out of 32
2019 - Dak Prescott - 4902 yards - 10 out of 32
I think looking at points scored vs passing yards allowed would be a better data set. Teams that are losing will pass more and in turn gain more yards.
If Seattle can just take out the huge chunk plays they will be ok with this offense.