Wow, the Miami stat really reminds me how good self-evaluation of a team's talent is. Too often teams stick with an established, former all-pro veteran, until an injury demonstrates that he is slowing down and should be replaced by a young guy.

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That's ditto for the Bengals. Poor Rudi

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Indeed, it's very interesting, but let's not be too quick to assume either with only 3 games worth of data. Correlation/Causation, Sample Size and all that jazz.

We should keep an eye on Derrick Pope this Monday though to see if there's anything more than coincidence to it though.

Apologies for not re-reading (-_-)

Seattle has the best defense between the 40 yard lines... That's just 20% of the field, and isn't that a little like being the tallest midget in town? It's like telling my wife, "Honey, you look acceptable."

Once the opponent gets a little past midfield you are not supposed to let up. Very quirky stat and I wonder if there's any rational cause and effect, or if it's just purely random?

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Probably just purely random, but then again, I think many of the stats put up in this column every week are meant to just highlight interesting, if not necessarily meaningful, statistical curiosities.