Week 15 inside the numbers

Mgrex’s weekly piece

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  • For the second week in a row, the defense did struggle in the Red Zone.  They’ve been so good all year, I hope they can get back to their first 12 game form for the home stretch of the schedule.
  • The Offense really struggled sustaining drives, which is a little baffling to me.  I think the numbers went down significantly when Austin Collie was knocked out of the game.  They also had several 4th and 1 plays that they punted on, which is very frustrating (the coming up short part, not the punting part).
  • I also said in the preview they just needed a 40% RB Success rate, and they got over 40%, and won the game.  Here’s where I get back on my soapbox saying you can explain parts of football with numbers…