The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

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Merrith

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i dont know, seems to be formulaic
2000 - Yes, Rams were top 6 in both categories.
2001 - Yes
2002 - Pats ranked 24th in yards allowed per game, 6th in points per game. Of course, the Rams D that year was 3rd in yards allowed per game, and 7th in points per game. Safe to say better D did not win this year
2003 - Yes
2004 - Yes, Pats had great D that year, although Carolina was top 10 in both categories as well.
2005 - Yes, although Pats and Eagles were ranked right next to each other in both categories, also both in top 10 for both.
2006 - Yes
2007 - No, Colts were outside top 10 in both categories, Bears allowed a lot of yards per game but were ranked 3rd in PPG.
2008 - No. As much as we play up the Giants front 4 and their feared pass rush, Pats D was ranked above Giants in both categories.
2009 - Yes
2010 - No.
2011 - Yes, While Steelers were ranked ahead of Packers, both were top 5 in both categories.
2012 - No, both D's were not that great this year.
2013 - No, 49ers were top 5 in both categories, Ravens didn't even make top 10 in either.
2014 - Yes.
2015 - No. Did you really highlight the Pats D this year beating Seattle's D?

Note that I was pretty much just checking against Azeth's highlights or non-highlights to see if a "top D"/better D of the two teams won the SB.

As far as his year to year, I count 8 right and 8 wrong. Your memory isn't that great Azeth.

Now if someone wants to do the leg work to compare a great D vs. a great O, that would be great. I remember them trotting out the stat when the Top D plays the Top O that the Top D is up like 6-1 or something in SB's. But that's just #1 v. #1.
 

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The leg work has already been done. "Defense wins championships" has been disproven. Good teams win championships and it's no more important to be good on defense as it is to be good on offense.

Freakonomics Does Defense Really Win Championships?

You can pull up tons articles with people doing statistical analysis on this already. It's just a cliche and no one that actually follows this sport should put much stock into it. I took exception to this:

Defense Wins Championships(usually-there are occasional exceptions)

Which just isn't true.
 

Sutekh

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You need to work on your composition bro. That ... paragraph? Was really hard to read.
 

BrutulTM

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Offenses and defenses win championships. They also lose them. Same with the playoffs and regular season. Glad I could give you guys some football knowledge today.
 

Agenor

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Just heard on ESPN. Jimmy Graham, and a 4th round pick to Seattle, for a first round pick
and Saints guard.

Correction: Seattle gets center Max Unger. And Saints first round pick.
 

Famm

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Ngata to Detroit. We just had no cap room with all of Rice's dead money and Ngata's contract being in its late years and him being unwilling to work on it now or previously. He's getting old now anyway, but kind of a shitty situation nonetheless. Wondering what sort of draft pick this might get us.
 

taebin

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This seems like a crazy trade/FA period. Don't ever remember this many big names moving.
 

opiate82

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Obviously Seattle wanted a better red zone passing target so if they are ever in the same situation as the last Super Bowl they still don't have to hand it to Lynch.