This makes me semi-hopeful, though. We know where the problem is. Turning long drives into TDs. We know we “can” move the ball. We just need to turn those yards into points and we are good to go.

It is scary that we are down there with the likes of the lions, panthers and bucs, but at the same time, we are the only team in the bottom third of that stat with a winning record. If we improve our redzone efficiency, that will equal more wins, as these things often do. How we have won so many records while having terrible stats like these, I don’t know.

One thing I do know is this. Despite the fact we are so low in yards per TD, we are still winning games. I’d rather be at the top of the win column than at the top of the yards per TD column.

1) your stat
2) team wins

granted, In only ran it over 1 season, so it’s a small sample size, but the correlation was -.78. So there is a strong negative correlation between your stat and winning. Essentially, one could make the argument that this stat alone described 62% of a team’s wins.

The bigger question is why? It’s due to the fact that your particular stat incorporates both red zone efficiency(TD vs. FGs) and yards/play into it. So if my team is always getting FGs, they will have to travel another drive to try for that TD. There are also good correlations with both of these stats to winning. Further, teams that would have a positive TO ratio would probably have shorter fields in which to travel, which would also help this ratio. With the Colts, however, it’s because they are efficient in the red zone, even if they have a long field to travel.

A quick thought experiment might drive this home. Two teams. Each has two drives. And each starts on the 25 yard line. My first team scores two touchdowns and travels 150 total yards. Their number is 75. The second team scores twice as well, but both FGs. And let’s say they are stopped at the 10 yard line. Their ratio would be 130 and counting…

But in TJs example, a team that threw two interceptions from the 10 would have the same ratio. I think the team with the 2 field goals did a better job. What about simply looking at yards per point instead?

But it is disheartening, too…

We can see how our offense is doing when they don’t score. It would be interesting to find out where we would be with the Giants and Chiefs game. Probably dead last? We are terrible at scoring! That’s the bottom line.

This just in…Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals is in critical condition after falling out of the back of a pick up truck. Herny was found in the street by police and as bad as it is Homicide Detectives are investigating. He must have head trauma from the incident. This is a blow to the Bengals and he will be missed for the rest of the season, if that is the case.

An antithesis stat to that is the number yards a team travels before throwing an interception.

The two top yardage teams: Indy & NO have an interception every 278.9 and 383.2 yards, respectively. The Broncos by comparison experience an interception every 363 yards.

Have no clue how this relates to our overall offensive performance (if at all) but it’s a fun stat.

For what it’s worth, a certain other team whose final record will mean a great deal to the Broncos have an interception for every 137.4 yards.