Comments on: Defensive Player of the Year thoughts

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:01:10 +0000

Don;t forget that long haired guy in Pittsburg. That whole defense changes without him.

One would think that a team that has 2 guys with 11.5 sacks and one with 10 FF and the other with 6 would have a little better record. Oh well, guess that points to the offense.

CM gets my vote, but then again I AM biased.

By: awhayes

awhayes — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:38:41 +0000

Odd comment Bill – are you referring to my huge bias for the NYG? Or my apparent bias against Clay Matthews and the Packers?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:56:15 +0000

Yeah, I will subscribe to your biased opinion over that of Peter King. Yeah. That’s it. You convinced me. LMFAO

By: Dave in Tucson

Dave in Tucson — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:38:04 +0000

I’m not saying you’re wrong about Umenyiora, but there are some strikes against him:

– Looking at the list of people awarede DPOY, it’s almost always (33 out of 39 times) given to someone who makes the playoffs

– It’s usually (25 of 39 times) given to a team with a top-5 defense

– I’m not sure how much this matters, but in the Packers/Giants head-to-head matchup (with the playoffs on the line for both teams), Umenyiora was a complete non-factor.

The Giants were pretty close to the edge on the first two, they had a 10-6 record and missed the playoffs on a tie-breaker, and they had the #7 defense by yards allowed.

I’ll throw in one more problem for Umenyiora:

–Fair or not, it seems like forced fumbles is a “stealth stat”: it just doesn’t get the highlight coverage that sacks and interceptions do (especially for fumbles that are recoverd by the offense).

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