Raiders Reach Agreement with USC's Lane Kiffin

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Notice Indy and Oakland are 2 and 1 is passing d. Then notice the attempts. They had the least amount of attempts against them of any team in the league also. The fact that their run d was so bad was a main reason their pass d was so 'good'. I am not saying their pass wasn't decent. Just that the stats don't tell the whole story. Watching them several times made realize just how bad their run d was and just how under challenged their pass d was.

It also made me want to poke my eyes out. But that's a whole other issue.

Pass defense ratings are always flawed by those crazy attempts. But that 24th against the run figure is also skewed by attempts. I don't think they were the 3rd best defense in the NFL. More like somewhere between 8th and 10th. Still, theres no basis to say it was an abberation (outside of opinion), when they have one of the better secondaries in the NFL.