dolphins offense was ranked 21st in scoring with an average of 21.6 points/game the pats were 8th with 25.6 points/game the jets were 9th with 25.3 points/game the bills were 23red with 21 points/game 1st place belongs to the saints with 28.9 points/game although we were ranked 21st, we're only 7.3 points/game away from the leader. (1 touchdown) defense dolphins are 9th with 19.8 points/game pats are 8th with 19.8 points/game bills are 14th with 21.4 points/game jets are 18th with 22.2 points/game 1st place goes to the Super Bowl champs... the steelers at 13.9 points/game we're 5.9 away from the leader. next years opponents Pats x2 offense ranked 8th scoring 25.6 points/game defense ranked 8th given up 19.8 points/game Jets x2 offense ranked 9th scoring 25.3 points/game defense ranked 18th giving up 22.2 points/game Bills x2 offense ranked 23rd scoring 21 points/game defense ranked 14th giving up 21.4 points/game Houston offense ranked 17th scoring 22.9 points/game defense ranked 27th giving up 24.6 points/game Jacksonville offense ranked 24th scoring 18.9 points/game defense ranked 21st giving up 22.9 points/game Indianapolis offense ranked 13th scoring 23.6 points/game defense ranked 7th giving up 18.6 points/game Tennessee offense ranked 14th scoring 23.4 points/game defense ranked 2nd giving up 14.6 points/game New Orleans offense ranked 1st scoring 28.9 points/game defense ranked 26th giving up 24.6 points/game Atlanta offense ranked 10th scoring 24.4 points/game defense ranked 11th giving up 20.3 points/game Tampa Bay offense ranked 19th scoring 22.6 points/game defense ranked 10th giving up 20.2 points/game Carolina offense ranked 7th scoring 25.9 points/game defense ranked 12th giving up 20.6 points/game Pittsburgh offense ranked 20th scoring 21.7 points/game defense ranked 1st giving up 13.9 points/game San Diego offense ranked 2nd scoring 27.4 points/game defense ranked 15th giving up 21.7 points/game last year's dolphins 21.6 ponts/game 19.8 points/game given up average of next years opponents 23.9 points/game 20.4 points/game given up As you can see our opponents average scoring 23.9 points/game Our defense gave up 19.8 points/game It's hard to say if our opponents scoring average will go up or down according to the changes they've made and we've yet to see who they will draft this year. But our defense last year was good enough to handle the offenses we will play next year. We have to believe that our defense will be better than last year. With the addition of Wilson and green in our secondary, hopefully we won't give up as much big pass plays and our points/game given up will be lower! At least i hope! Of course we've yet to see who we're gonna draft and we don't know if they will contribute immediately. Our defense has another year under their belt and they go into next year with just about the same coaches. It's nice to have the same head coach next year! at least they won't have to learn a new defense or offense! Will these factors make us give up less points per game to offset our opponents offense getting better this year? As you can see our opponents gave up an average of 20.4 points/game and we averaged scoring 21.6 points/game. Our offense was good enough to barely beat our opponents defense this year! This isn't good! Have we made enough changes to cover this 1.2 point difference? We must do a better job of turning field goals into touch downs! As of now, we have the same QB, WR's and RB's. Our O-line will be a little better, but will it be enough? Will our Special Teams give us better field position? Last year we caught some teams off guard with the wild cat, this year our opponents will be ready for it! Will we have enough new wrinkles to catch them off guard again? Of course it would be nice to know who we're gonna draft to make our offense better! And it would be nice to know if they're gonna make an immediate impact! To sum it all up, according to last years stats, we're barely good enough to have more W's than L's against next years opponents. But we won't be the same team as we were last year and either will our opponents. Are we confident that we made the right changes? Are we worried about the changes our opponents made to better themselves? Only time will tell.
wow thanks for all the work on this. It's amazing to see how close all the teams are to each other. It looks like we have a good chance to go 16-0, I'm all for it...of course the superbowl would be a nice change to!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!
Great work. glad to see you made it to our board, you bring alot to the table. i think schedules however are scrutinized too much. things change in one season. MANY things change. think about the people that saw the MIAMI DOLPHINS on their schedule last off-season. They all probably chalked up a big fat "W" next to that game eh? i will wait till after the draft....and preseason to make presumptions on our opponents next year. but even then.....one hit can change a entire season (ex: tom brady week 1) thats why we play the game baby
i know what you're saying and i definitely agree. But last year i saw a team that could have easily won 7 games instead of 1 b/c 6 of those games were determined by 3 points or less. so i went into last year thinking that we just needed to improve our offense/defense by 3 points a game to be much better than we were the year before.
2007 dolphins offense ranked 26th scoring 16.7 points/game defense ranked 30th giving up 27.3 points/game 2008 dolphins 21.6 ponts/game 19.8 points/game given up we improved our offense by gaining 4.9 points/game and we improved our defense by giving up 7.5 less points/game that's a difference of 12.4 points a game! Just a little bit of change goes a long way.
i can't wait til we get a shut down corner so our opponents will punt and kick field goals more often!
