6. Write 800 words or more on something about anything in the league that interests you. It could be related to statistics, a league issue that you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 800 words about your team’s participation on a Werewolf server or something.
Something that I wanna look at for this question is the performance of individual players and how that performance relates to the record or performance of the team as a whole. Football is a team sport of course, so it’s not expected that one player could make a 0-16 team go 16-0, but it’s absolutely possible for teams with one great player, especially at a position like QB, to drastically improve a record. On the other hand however, a bad player can absolutely drag down the performance of a team, and that’s what we’ll look at first. Our first look will be at the only rookie QB in the league, Gimmy Jarropolo. This one is a bit of a tough nut to crack, as Baltimore is a run first team, meaning Gimmy’s performance isn’t as huge in terms of effect on the team as it might if he were on a team like Honolulu. But anyways, taking a look at Gimmy, his performance was eh at best, with the lowest amount of yards (yes I know I know he had a low amount of attempts but like let me finish), one of the lowest yards per completion, The lowest number of passes further than 20 yards, the lowest number of passes further than 40 yards, and a longest pass of 46 yards (he was also the most sacked QB despite the least number of attempts, tho idk if that was him or the roster around him). Sure, he’s a game manager so it’s to be expected that a lot of his throws weren’t that long, but like a longest pass of 46 yards is really bad. But anyways, I disgress. In terms of team performance, Baltimore did very very badly. They did get 4 wins, which is an improvement from last season. But they also had the lowest number of points scored, though being a run first team, I guess it makes sense as to why they weren’t nearly as high scoring. That being said, that also makes their average amount of points allowed look much worse, as a game manager QB and a run first offense should absolutely mean less time for the other team, which means less points scored by them. The last point I’ll make about this is that this could potentially be seen as the fault for Gimmy for a different reason, one out of his control, and that’s his low TPE. Okay i guess all stats are kinda decided by TPE, but what i mean is that Baltimore definitely could have gone with a run first offense due to the fact that their QB is still a rookie, meaning that while maybe Gimmy didn’t hold the team back from a stats perspective (or well maybe he did, hard to tell to be honest), his TPE definitely could have. On the topic of Baltimore, we might as well move on to their running backs (I guess this is gonna be a baltimore themed submission). They’re a run first team, so I figure maybe it would be better to focus on their RBs, as there’s a possibility that maybe the running backs had more to do with the performance of baltimore than the QB. Baltimore had 427 attempts for 1635 yards, meaning they ran the ball the second most of any team. Funnily enough, the team with the most attempts is on the complete opposite side of the leaderboard, as AZ ran the ball 437 times. That’s not where the differences end between the two in terms of running the ball as well. AZ is tied for the most ypc at 4.8. Baltimore, on the other hand, has 3.8 yards per carry, which is the lowest YPC of any team (can i just comment on the fact that a run first team having the lowest YPC is really not a great sign). One last difference is that Arizona had the highest number of rushing touchdowns in the league at 27. Baltimore, on the other hands, was below average at 13, a number that would be fine for a team that was pass first, but for a run first offense? It’s definitely a bit concerning. Baltimore is also tied for the third shortest longest run at 57 yards (despite rushing the ball the second most of any team, which means way more opportunities for long runs). The last thing I wanted to look at was Baltimore’s losing streak at the end of the season, as they lost 8 straight games. What i wonder from this is if, at some point, teams realized that Baltimore’s game plan was the same every time (short passes and a lot of running), and because of that just blitzed as much as they could because they knew they wouldn’t be beat deep, and made their defense run oriented. This is all speculation of course, but this is my personal analysis of baltimore and the reasons behind their win/loss record and all around performance.
Something that I wanna look at for this question is the performance of individual players and how that performance relates to the record or performance of the team as a whole. Football is a team sport of course, so it’s not expected that one player could make a 0-16 team go 16-0, but it’s absolutely possible for teams with one great player, especially at a position like QB, to drastically improve a record. On the other hand however, a bad player can absolutely drag down the performance of a team, and that’s what we’ll look at first. Our first look will be at the only rookie QB in the league, Gimmy Jarropolo. This one is a bit of a tough nut to crack, as Baltimore is a run first team, meaning Gimmy’s performance isn’t as huge in terms of effect on the team as it might if he were on a team like Honolulu. But anyways, taking a look at Gimmy, his performance was eh at best, with the lowest amount of yards (yes I know I know he had a low amount of attempts but like let me finish), one of the lowest yards per completion, The lowest number of passes further than 20 yards, the lowest number of passes further than 40 yards, and a longest pass of 46 yards (he was also the most sacked QB despite the least number of attempts, tho idk if that was him or the roster around him). Sure, he’s a game manager so it’s to be expected that a lot of his throws weren’t that long, but like a longest pass of 46 yards is really bad. But anyways, I disgress. In terms of team performance, Baltimore did very very badly. They did get 4 wins, which is an improvement from last season. But they also had the lowest number of points scored, though being a run first team, I guess it makes sense as to why they weren’t nearly as high scoring. That being said, that also makes their average amount of points allowed look much worse, as a game manager QB and a run first offense should absolutely mean less time for the other team, which means less points scored by them. The last point I’ll make about this is that this could potentially be seen as the fault for Gimmy for a different reason, one out of his control, and that’s his low TPE. Okay i guess all stats are kinda decided by TPE, but what i mean is that Baltimore definitely could have gone with a run first offense due to the fact that their QB is still a rookie, meaning that while maybe Gimmy didn’t hold the team back from a stats perspective (or well maybe he did, hard to tell to be honest), his TPE definitely could have. On the topic of Baltimore, we might as well move on to their running backs (I guess this is gonna be a baltimore themed submission). They’re a run first team, so I figure maybe it would be better to focus on their RBs, as there’s a possibility that maybe the running backs had more to do with the performance of baltimore than the QB. Baltimore had 427 attempts for 1635 yards, meaning they ran the ball the second most of any team. Funnily enough, the team with the most attempts is on the complete opposite side of the leaderboard, as AZ ran the ball 437 times. That’s not where the differences end between the two in terms of running the ball as well. AZ is tied for the most ypc at 4.8. Baltimore, on the other hand, has 3.8 yards per carry, which is the lowest YPC of any team (can i just comment on the fact that a run first team having the lowest YPC is really not a great sign). One last difference is that Arizona had the highest number of rushing touchdowns in the league at 27. Baltimore, on the other hands, was below average at 13, a number that would be fine for a team that was pass first, but for a run first offense? It’s definitely a bit concerning. Baltimore is also tied for the third shortest longest run at 57 yards (despite rushing the ball the second most of any team, which means way more opportunities for long runs). The last thing I wanted to look at was Baltimore’s losing streak at the end of the season, as they lost 8 straight games. What i wonder from this is if, at some point, teams realized that Baltimore’s game plan was the same every time (short passes and a lot of running), and because of that just blitzed as much as they could because they knew they wouldn’t be beat deep, and made their defense run oriented. This is all speculation of course, but this is my personal analysis of baltimore and the reasons behind their win/loss record and all around performance.
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