AK_Cane
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i used to believe that but seeing manny produce good defenses according to statistics makes me wonder. Some times you have to turn the tape on. So many things that statistics miss like how to they capitalize on momentum when do they dial up something creative. Was annoying to see our “great” defense smashed by any team with a pulse on d. sure it was nice to overwhelm teams we were supposed to beat but we always looked bad schmatically against good teams despite out top 20 defenseAdvanced metrics are nice but not always readily available on the internet.
Besides, isn’t the point of offense to score as much as possible? People tend to get really invested in stats that aren’t as important and ignore the most important stat of all, points scored. Before TVD got hurt in 2022 Miami was near the top of the conference in time of possession and third down conversions. It didn’t translate into points outside of the game against an FCS team