NFL 2012 Season Week 6 Picks

Now that Benson is likely out for the season, they can drop the "we're a balanced offense" charade and just throw the ball 53 times this week.

Tied for 6th at 20, assuming of course this thing still, or ever, works for shit. (Which it isn't, because that's just the last 2 games, and other teams have more games. Maybe I'll revive the project.)

Um...have you seen the offensive line's pass protection? I fail to see how this would be a good thing. What I want to know is what happened to the short slants? Seems like they've only thrown 1 per game so far, and other than that Rodgers is always looking 20 yards down field and taking 10s to get rid of the ball.

QBR is similar to WAR (at least in spirit). It has to do with a QB's overall impact on a game. It puts more emphasis on subjective game conditions, like what the score is when that play was made, or what the score was AND how much time was left. It also doesn't just measure the passing aspect of a QB. Any plays involving the QB are considered.

I think that's fair. I was only half-joking, which means I'm also half-somewhat-serious. The Packers offensive line wasn't amazing last year either. They also have been missing Greg Jennings most of the year so far, and Donald Driver is basically an empty uniform (he plays about 7 snaps per game). So a position that last year was their greatest strength has now been whittled down to Jordy Nelson, James Jones, and Randall Cobb. All three are pretty good receivers, but their value was enhanced by being a part of a receiving corps that was overflowing with talent (and numbers). Now that there are only 3 of them (throw in Jermichael Butterfingers McGee for good measure too, i guess), their value is somewhat diminished.

I'm not sure if my sarcasm came across or not. I wasn't necessarily suggesting that somehow the addition of Benson dragged down the offense. It was more tongue in cheek, since last year they didn't have a running game and were virtually unstoppable, and this year they have a running game and are 2-3. Obviously (sarcasm alert) the balanced running game is the reason they aren't 5-0.

I only ask to verify something from a Milwaukee Journal article this morning. The Packers are 4th for most penalties committed (not counting declined penalties) and 1st in most yardage given up.

So, in other words, your games must be getting stopped by one penalty or another like every 5 seconds.

Nelson has as many drops as Finley. http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232

That seems about right. In the Seattle game, at one point even the commentators pointed out that there was a penalty on something like 5 or 6 consecutive plays (spread out between the 2 teams)

We are all in first place.

Edit: Except for Matt and Jon who didn't pick all the games and don't qualify.

I believe you mean Sarah and Jon. I picked all the games.

is there a way to sort on total penalties overall to see which players have committed the most penalties overall in a given year?

Problem with that table is that it's a catch 22. It can be somewhat misleading if I dont factor in teams with 0 flags for/against but on the other hand like half the table winds up being "16-31 Teams Tied - [Almost Every Team]" if I allow 0s

I decided to change this. Silly looking but easier is probably better.

Also, I have no idea what QBR is, but higher is good, and Ponder is soundly beating Rodgers in it, so I declare it the new golden standard of rating quarterbacks.

Clearly it's a total Junk stat. You can't see qbr