tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post7042346079126437711..comments2024-03-28T21:41:57.264-05:00Comments on Pacifist Viking: Blizzard: NBA Draft!Pacifist Vikinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-90354977930141474632007-06-28T13:55:00.000-05:002007-06-28T13:55:00.000-05:00That's true: there's not real good analysis in tha...That's true: there's not real good analysis in that article. The statistic used--teams with 2 RBs with 100 carries--is not very helpful either: a team that suffers a RB injury partway through the year is likely going to have two RBs with 100+ carries. That doesn't mean the intent was to split carries.<BR/><BR/>You hear a lot now about the duo backfields because there are a lot of really good ones today. But when Blue Viking Devil and I were doing some fantasy analysis, we realized there are still somewhere around 20 teams using one feature back.<BR/><BR/>But believe it or not, the Vikings.com content has really improved in the last 5 years.Pacifist Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-6548869311368073172007-06-28T13:26:00.000-05:002007-06-28T13:26:00.000-05:00Either the writer of the "Dynamic Duos" article do...Either the writer of the "Dynamic Duos" article doesn't know anything about statistics, or he's hoping his readers don't. As his sole piece of evidence to support his assertion that running back tandems have become a growing trend since 2000, he cites the following table representing the number of teams in a given season that had two backs with at least 100 carries each:<BR/>2006: (13)<BR/>2005: (13)<BR/>2004: (10)<BR/>2003: (13)<BR/>2002: (12)<BR/>2001: (12)<BR/>2000: (7)<BR/><BR/>Hmmm... I don't see much of a trend, just one abnormally low year selected to lead things off. Run that back one more year and you get:<BR/>1999: (10) - plus one more back, Chris Warren, with 99 carries<BR/><BR/>This kind of thing drives me more nuts than it should. How can a <I>professional writer</I> get away with writing an entire article about this?JDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404078122731805819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-57670720588620128962007-06-28T10:31:00.000-05:002007-06-28T10:31:00.000-05:00the carucci article is funny. for the vikings he t...the carucci article is funny. for the vikings he talks mostly about what they've added. for the packers though he can only shake his head in disbelief. clearly they are worlds apart (cliche) while living on the same street. <BR/><BR/>rkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com