A simple look at the yards or points allowed leaderboards shows pretty quickly that the 49ers and Bills have been among the best defenses in the league this year. On the other end of the spectrum, you probably don’t even need to look at one stat to know that the Lions have been the worst […]
First-Quarter NFL Review: Separating Contenders From Pretenders
To quote the great Bill Parcells, “You are what your record says you are.” I heard this all the time in my formative years as a scout for Sean Payton’s Saints. As a Parcells disciple, he believed in dividing the season into quarters to evaluate the team’s progress against key performance indicators. In this spirit, […]
