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FO Audibles the Super Bowl
Written by Nate Dunlevy   
Monday, 08 February 2010 05:23

Worth reading

Aaron Schatz: The funny thing is that we didn't quite know the Colts had a special teams advantage going into this game. During the regular season, as I pointed out in our preview, the Colts actually had better special teams value in our ratings this year, although it would be equal if we took out John Carney's performance as field-goal kicker in the first half of the year.

But in this game, as a couple of you surmised earlier, the difference was special teams. In fact, according to DVOA, that was the entire difference in this game. Before looking at these ratings, remember that DVOA does not consider the onside kick or the two-point conversion -- otherwise, the Saints' special teams rating would be higher. We also credit the Tracy Porter pick as an average interception return based on all interceptions of similar passes at that point on the field, so the Saints don't get "full credit" for the touchdown there.


DVOA (with opponent adjustments)
TEAM TOT OFF DEF ST
IND 17% 25% 1% -7%
NO 31% 24% 3% 10%
VOAf (no opponent adjustments)
TEAM TOT OFF DEF ST
IND -5% 23% 20% -7%
NO 14% 23% 20% 10%


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written by buzz, February 08, 2010
Seems reasonable. 2nd straight year of the special teams getting manhandled to kill the season (even without counting the onside kick which i assume would make it way worse). some things don't change even when the coaching staff does smilies/smiley.gif

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