Bleeding Green Nation · Jan 12, 2019
What the analytics tell us about the Saints and Eagles
We’re one day away from the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles’ chance at revenge. We know the story: the Eagles were shellacked, slapped up and shell-shocked in their 48-7 blow-out loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 11.
Digging into the numbers that got us here, I scoured multiple analytics sites to gain a better understanding of the trends and forces lying underneath the surface in the rematch. What follows is what I found in my journey.
THREADING THE NEEDLE
The Divisional Round showdown features two of the top quarterbacks in Next Gen Stats’ xCOMP differential. First off, what does that even mean? I’ll let the folks at Next Gen explain that:
