2013 Offense and Defense vs. 2014 by the numbers

Through the first 3 games:

2013 Opponents: @Carolina, SF, Jax
2014 Opponents: GB, @SD, DEN

The Jacksonville part kinda screws it up because that's the only bad team out of the six. Our offense is pretty close to what it was last year, so with jacksonville factored in I'd say it's on par, with the benefit of probably getting better rather than declining if Harvin can stay healthy.

Our pass defense is alarmingly worse, but you have to factor in that Rivers, Manning, and Rogers are far better QB's who will throw the ball a lot more than Newton, Kaepernick, and Henne.

Another huge factor is that we forced 10 turnovers in our first 3 games last season, 7 more than we've created so far this year. . . . getting turnovers basically has a chance of significantly improving every other category on the list, and 7 opportunities to change them is quite a few.

Conclusion: here are some numbers that probably don't mean much.

Offense:

PPG
13: 29
14: 28

YPG:
13: 380
14: 357

Pass YPG:
13: 247
14: 209

Rush YPG:
13: 133
14: 148

Turnovers Lost:
13: 4
14: 3


Defense:

PPG Allowed:
13: 9
14: 22

YPG:
13: 242
14: 321

Pass YPG:
13: 147
14: 249

Rush YPG:
13: 95
14: 72

Turnovers Created:
13: 10
14: 3

I wonder what our points per drive is compared to 2013....It feels like our offense scores a decent ammount of time they just arent on the field much

The lack of getting opponent turnovers has hurt this year to be sure. Let's hope that changes and soon.

The one stat that leads to the difference in all the others is the turnovers. Also, Manning, Rogers, Rivers. Way different than Newton, Kaepernick, Jacksonville turd.

WilsonMVP":13nggju4 said:

I wonder what our points per drive is compared to 2013....It feels like our offense scores a decent ammount of time they just arent on the field much

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This year so far we are ranked third with 2.56 points per drive. We are fifth in TOs per drive at .031 .
Last year, for the entire regular season, we were ranked ninth with 2.16 points per drive. We were fifth in TOs per drive with .095 .