37% on 3rd down conversions last year placed us in the middle of the pack(15th). We averaged just over 5 3rd down conversions per game last season. The best teams in the league averaged just over 5.5 3rd down conversions per game. If our new look offense can get us up over 45% and in the top 5 with Pittsburgh and New England, than 2 good things will happen.
1. We'll have an opportunity to score more than 18 points per game(26th in the league).
2. Our
very suspicious secondary will be on the field less in a division littered with above average quarterbacks.
I think that fully illustrates the difference having a quarterback that can make that 1 extra play per game for your team, and having Rex Grossman who threw 1.23 interceptions per game.
So, do they go worst to first? Probably not, but they could go worst to 2nd, and make the playoffs.
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