2017 Time of Possesion Stats

getnasty":1jm0qpno said:

I beat if you looked at 2013 and 14 are offense was on the field for 50 more minutes. That's a big swing and just a guess on my part.

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rjdriver":1twi6a4u said:

I don’t know why, but it “felt” like the Seahawks were always killed on TOP in games this year due to bad first halves and too many three and outs. Obviously, if your defense is on the field a disproportionate amount of time, they get gassed and are unable to perform near the end of games. I’d expect a winning team to almost always have a advantage (however slight) in TOP throughout a year.

When I did the math, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. In 16 games the total TOP stat was as follows:

Seahawks 469:11
Opponents 490:49

A total difference of 21:38

The average was:
Seahawks: 29:19
Opponents: 30:40

The defense was on the field a total of just 21:38 more all year. I don’t know. I thought the discrepancy was going to be greater.
Some games were awful (like week 1 @ GB and week 15 vs. LAR)
We actually won the TOP in 6 of our 16 games.
We lost the TOP battle in our last 7 games. (Read that again and remember this is a team that finishes strong historically).


Anyway, just some food for thought as we reflect on the season.

Week 1
SEA 20:47 GB 39:13
Week 2
SEA 36:58 SF 23:02
Week 3
SEA 27:19 TEN 32:41
Week 4
SEA 32:12 IND 27:48
Week 5
SEA 31:16 LAR 28 :44
Week 6
BYE
Week 7
SEA 35:26 NYG 24:34
Week 8
SEA 29:38 HOU 30:22
Week 9
SEA 32:19 WAS 27:41
Week 10
SEA 30:53 ARI 29:07
Week 11
SEA 29:39 ATL 30:21
Week 12
SEA 29:31 SF 30:29
Week 13
SEA 28:06 PHI 31:54
Week 14
SEA 26:59 JAX 33:01
Week 15
SEA 23:14 LAR 36:46
Week 16
SEA 27:10 DAL 32:50
Week 17
SEA 27:44 ARI 32:16

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rjdriver":rria77mu said:

getnasty":rria77mu said:

I beat if you looked at 2013 and 14 are offense was on the field for 50 more minutes. That's a big swing and just a guess on my part.

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Not as detailed, but our 2013 and 2014 average TOP stats were:


2014
Seahawks: 32:22
Opponents: 27:59

2013
Seahawks: 30:32
Opponents. 30:37

2017
Seahawks: 29:19
Opponents: 30:40

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rjdriver":v2azitjz said:

getnasty":v2azitjz said:

I beat if you looked at 2013 and 14 are offense was on the field for 50 more minutes. That's a big swing and just a guess on my part.

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Not as detailed, but our 2013 and 2014 average TOP stats were:


2014
Seahawks: 32:22
Opponents: 27:59

2013
Seahawks: 30:32
Opponents. 30:37

2017
Seahawks: 29:19
Opponents: 30:40

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seahawkfreak":11l2u271 said:

rjdriver":11l2u271 said:

getnasty":11l2u271 said:

I beat if you looked at 2013 and 14 are offense was on the field for 50 more minutes. That's a big swing and just a guess on my part.

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Not as detailed, but our 2013 and 2014 average TOP stats were:


2014
Seahawks: 32:22
Opponents: 27:59

2013
Seahawks: 30:32
Opponents. 30:37

2017
Seahawks: 29:19
Opponents: 30:40

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I've posted this stat many times over the past two years. TOP is negligible. It was near the same in 2012, 2015 and 2016 as well.

I think the "gassed" thing is a myth. IMO it is because the D has to take care of 80 to 90% of the field on many occasions. In short, they are not allowed mistakes, errors, first downs because so much of the time opposing offenses only have to go half the field to get points.

For example, we stop an offense at their 40 then they punt to our 10 or 20 then our offense goes 3 and out. Next Ryan kicks a dud or they return it to the 50 or to our 40. In that example the offense basically gave the other team excellent field position simply because they couldn't get at least 1 or 2 first downs. Happened so many times this year. Even with all that the D has come through for us on numerous occasions.

STs was no friend to our D as well, in all aspects.

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