Super Bowl Frauds

Hey guys, what's happening ??

Let's take a look at some teams getting alot of love who maybe SB Frauds.

As we all know................ IT'S DEFENSE THAT WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS !!!!

Let's look at some common denominators that teams who win SB's have.

Since the league went to the 16 game schedule in 1978 there's been 31 SB Winners.

28 of 31 (90.3%)  SB winners finished 8th or better in scoring defense in the regular season

28 of 31 (90.3%)  SB winners gave-up 315 yards per game or fewer in the regular season

27 of 31 SB winners gave-up 5.05 yards per play or fewer in the regular season

Do we have any of the teams with the best records who don't qualify in any of these 3 key defensive stats ??

I posted this same info last season and warned everyone that both the Panthers and Colts were not playing on a SB winning level.

And remember, both teams were getting "big love" going into the postseason with the Colts being the hottest team coming in winning something like 10 straight.

The New Orleans Saints.............................................................................

finished 20th in scoring defense

gave-up 357.8 yards per game

gave-up 5.5 yards per play

To make matters even worse for the Saints, they're defense got 39 take-a-ways this season, getting that many take-a-ways meant they didn't have to stop they're opponents and force them to punt, when they weren't getting TO's they couldn't stop anybody. 

When you get to the postseason and advance you'll be meeting damn good teams who won't turn the ball over at such a high rate.

The one team that's getting a whole-lotta-love this postseason......................................................The San Diego Chargers, one of the "hottest" teams coming in this season .........

11th in scoring defense

gave-up 327 yards per game

gave-up 5.3 yards per play

And to make matters worse for Charger fans, they don't meet the minimum needed in team stats as well.

26 of 31 (83.9%)   SB winners out-gained they're opponents by 35 yards per game or more in the regular season

Chargers ............... 360.1 - 327 = a very mediocre 33.1 yards  

If you have plans to back either of these teams with a future's bet to win the SB, it's highly,highly likely you'll face the same major disappointment that the Panther and Colt backers faced last season.  

I hope you're right my friend!

you will definitely want to hedge that bet...

the Saints have about as much chance of getting to the Super Bowl as the Bengals do, and that's not good...

Poor defensive teams rarely win SB's and actually, rarely get to SB'S.

who you on this weekend, Claw?

Jets?

cincy with some small action and the under, posted on the  wild card blowout  thread

 I like the reasearch Claw....

Who fits the best this year to win SB? My guess would be maybe Philly or GB?

One weak defensive team gone (Chargers) , will the other one (Saints)be next   ???????

Interesting, of the 4 teams this info applied to, last season the Panthers and Colts, this season the Chargers and Saints,  3 of the 4 lost they're opening playoff game.

Also, 2 of those were the hottest teams coming into the playoffs, last season the Colts and this season the Chargers.

Regarding the Saints, you pull out defensive numbers, but how many of those teams had an offense ranked #1 3 of the prior 4 years, including the current year?  How many of those teams HOSTED their conference championship game?  How many of those teams lost at least 5 defensive starters for at least 4 games in the 2nd half of the season?

Notice that all your stats says "27 of 31" or 28 of 31", but NONE said "31 of 31". 

Jus sayin, this might be one of those 4 out of 31 years.  Jus sayin.

Quote Originally Posted by bkg1010:

Saints advance to the NFC championship game !!!!  

Glad to see you back with us, you thought Cards would win

remeber colt 06 no defense and won

Congratulations all Jets fans  

J-E-T-S-  Jets, Jets, Jets

He said "rarely" not never and he's right. Teams that don't play defense RARELY win the Super Bowl. It's not an opinion it's fact. Look it up.

Yea, the 06 Colts were one of the weakest defenses to win in history, however, that's a rare exception. It happens, but it happens very few times.

The idea behind sports betting is bet things that happen on a regular basis, not long shot things.