LBC_Justin
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On Sirius NFL radio, they were talking about the importance of preseason as it relates to how a team performs during the regular season. Very interest. If you look at the stats, it most certainly translates.
Article from 2004. Very interesting.
click here ->Preseason Games Count
interesting...9 out of 10 most recent superbowl teams had a .500 or better record in preseason. Almost all of them had a winning record.
This article is also very very interest. In fact it shows that Preason matters for every team!! (Lots of great stats in this one.)
click here ->Should you worry about preseason wins and losses?
I know, I know. Someone on here is going to post.....but the 05' Cheifs and the 05' Colts lost all of their preseason games and they had great seasons....or.....Look at Spurier's Redskin's they went undefeated in preseason and they sucked. Well there most certainly are exceptions to the rule.
The numbers don't lie:
From 1997 to 2005 (pretty much the salary cap era)
0 Preseason wins / 7.1 Average # of Regular Season games won
1 Preseason wins / 7.3 Average # of Regular Season games won
2 Preseason wins / 7.9 Average # of Regular Season games won
3 Preseason wins / 8.5 Average # of Regular Season games won
4 Preseason wins / 9.0 Average # of Regular Season games won
I got these stats from one of the articles mentioned above. It also has several other charts that are quite interesting. But it is not all Roses and Rainbows...The article does contain this line, "There's only modest evidence that poor teams with good preseason records stand a better shot of being competitive in the regular season."
But as a Texans fan I am choosing to ignore that one.
GO TEXANS
- revamped defense (including a shiny new pass rush, and a new concept...allowing players to do what they are good at.)
- retooled offense (replacing the outdated "one receiver threat" offensive scheme used before with the "take your pick, we have numberous weapons" offense.)
- new coaching staff (Kubiak is trying something new, instead of "writing in a little notebook" ala Capers, Kubiak is now doing something called "coaching" his players or maybe it is "yoaching" with a "C" being silent, not sure, anyways I hear it is the lastest rage.)
-replacing "bend but don't break" and "keep it close" with something new called, "Lets destroy these guys" and "win and win big".
-add in the preseason success and i see a bright future and most importantly I have HOPE.
did i mention...... GO TEXANS
Article from 2004. Very interesting.
click here ->Preseason Games Count
interesting...9 out of 10 most recent superbowl teams had a .500 or better record in preseason. Almost all of them had a winning record.
This article is also very very interest. In fact it shows that Preason matters for every team!! (Lots of great stats in this one.)
click here ->Should you worry about preseason wins and losses?
I know, I know. Someone on here is going to post.....but the 05' Cheifs and the 05' Colts lost all of their preseason games and they had great seasons....or.....Look at Spurier's Redskin's they went undefeated in preseason and they sucked. Well there most certainly are exceptions to the rule.
The numbers don't lie:
From 1997 to 2005 (pretty much the salary cap era)
0 Preseason wins / 7.1 Average # of Regular Season games won
1 Preseason wins / 7.3 Average # of Regular Season games won
2 Preseason wins / 7.9 Average # of Regular Season games won
3 Preseason wins / 8.5 Average # of Regular Season games won
4 Preseason wins / 9.0 Average # of Regular Season games won
I got these stats from one of the articles mentioned above. It also has several other charts that are quite interesting. But it is not all Roses and Rainbows...The article does contain this line, "There's only modest evidence that poor teams with good preseason records stand a better shot of being competitive in the regular season."
But as a Texans fan I am choosing to ignore that one.
GO TEXANS
- revamped defense (including a shiny new pass rush, and a new concept...allowing players to do what they are good at.)
- retooled offense (replacing the outdated "one receiver threat" offensive scheme used before with the "take your pick, we have numberous weapons" offense.)
- new coaching staff (Kubiak is trying something new, instead of "writing in a little notebook" ala Capers, Kubiak is now doing something called "coaching" his players or maybe it is "yoaching" with a "C" being silent, not sure, anyways I hear it is the lastest rage.)
-replacing "bend but don't break" and "keep it close" with something new called, "Lets destroy these guys" and "win and win big".
-add in the preseason success and i see a bright future and most importantly I have HOPE.
did i mention...... GO TEXANS