Bill Barnwell (Grantland) article on which teams should have more W's next season

[Cary Kollins]

Some very interesting numbers in the article.  Basically he shows how outcomes of close games (7 point or less) can predict how many wins or losses a team can expect the next season.

 

it appears that the numbers would expect a steep decline from the Colts and a moderate one from the Vikings, with big steps from the _{Lions and} Panthers in their stead.

 

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9441252/bill-barnwell-breaks-2012-numbers-get-feel-2013

 

 

[L-TownCat]

Feels like the offseason between 02 and 03.

[YOLO!]

Carry Kollins always providing the goodies in the offseason.

[OneBadCat]

It can definitely happen. The pieces are there(just barely on the o-line). However we need at least 1 guy to come up big at WR, run blocking needs a big jump. The secondary I'm actually not worried about.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Grantland has always done a good job at telling it how it is as where ESPN is just a crowd pleaser that panders to the big market audiences.

 

ESPN wouldn't dare say anything about Luck and the Colts declining because they know they will start to lose viewers.

 

This is one reason that some of the best sports news outlets are some of the little businesses (because they tell it how it is).

 

It's a shame, but that's just the way it is.

[Cary Kollins]

Carry Kollins always providing the goodies in the offseason.

 

Yolo.

[Zod]

It's all on Shula. If he can produce we are looking at a winning season.

[TheRumGone]

It's all on Shula. If he can produce we are looking at a winning season.

 

its not all on shula, but ya he will be a part of it.

[TheRed]

its not all on shula, but ya he will be a part of it.

I guess people have just totally forgotten about Rivera's game management the past 2 seasons. We need big improvements from him if we are going to win those close games that have continually eluded us in the past.

[TheRumGone]

Zod has an inverted boner for Shula.

 

It's the same thing as people saying it's all on Cam.

 

[Gucci Mane]

It's all on Shula. If he can produce we are looking at a winning season.

 

It's not all on shula.. just 95% on him.

[Cyberjag]

Couldn't the same article have been written last year around this time?

[FattyFatFat]

It's all on Shula. If he can produce we are looking at a winning season.

 

Agreed. I think he's the biggest factor of the whole season.

[Cary Kollins]

Zod has an inverted boner for Shula.

It's the same thing as people saying it's all on Cam.

Inverted boner...isn't that what girls get when they get excited?