(S9) - Ultimus Week

[Daybe]

Robbed
I get it, it’s an easy topic, Yellowknife was robbed, but were they really?  Actually, no.  Akselsen finished with 9 fewer touchdowns in the air than Applehort and it ended up being their undoing as the Wraiths abandoned their passing game for the run.  When the Wraiths won, they boasted a strong defense that could take advantage of burning down the clock by running out the game, but the fact is that while their ground game was good, the Yeti were just superior in the air by a large margin, and so they could come back and keep games close in ways that Yellowknife could not.  It’s also no doubt that Yellowknife actually collapsed in ways that Colorado did not.  The Wraiths managed to lose the other playoff teams, but also threw in a loss to Arizona and Philadelphia, which to me says that the Yellowknife Roster over performed in other games rather than underperformed here.  Here’s where it’s damming though, and back to the data, the Wraiths had nearly 400 more yards on the ground than the second most (san jose) but they didn’t have a stellar YPC compared to the other teams, and it showed.  Yellowknife needed more to succeed and make it to the postseason.

this. YKW underperformed when they needed to