DOLPHINS: Inflated Stats / Inflated Pants

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ddave
-------------- Original message from "Mark S. Clark" <clark.m.s at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> Ouch! 
> Truth really does hurt! 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Danny Nelson wrote: 
> 
> > Maybe the explanation is that so few Dolphins defenders can actually make a 
> > solo tackle. :-) 
> > 
> > ------ Original Message ------ 
> > From: Richie Wohlers 
> > 
> > > Has anybody heard before that the scorekeepers at Joe Robbie/Pro 
> > > Player/Dolphins/Landshark/Sun Life/?? Stadium inflate tackle assist 
> > > numbers? I was reading the comments at Pro-Football-Reference 
> > > 
> > 
> > http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=5870&cpage=1#comment-103251and 
> > > found this: 
> > > 
> > > *Footballguys.com did a study in 2007 for IDP fantasy football players 
> > and 
> > > it they found out that some stadiums are very liberal with their awarding 
> > of 
> > > assists. Home games in Miami, New England, NJ Jets (although the Dolphins 
> > > this past season became tougher) for example were very liberal awarding 
> > > assists while home games in St. Louis or Jacksonville were very tough to 
> > get 
> > > assists awarded. * 
> > > 
> > > *Just look at the assist leaders on the Rams this season: Atogwe-15 
> > > Laurinaitis-10* 
> > > 
> > > *Look at the Dolphins for a few seasons:* 
> > > 
> > > *2004 Dolphins: Thomas- 60 Knight- 46 Greenwood- 43 (3 others over 25) 
> > > 2005 Dolphins: Thomas-55 Crowder- 32 (4 others over 20) 
> > > 2006 Dolphins: Zach Thomas- 62 Crowder-43 (5 others over 20)* 
> > > 
> > > *The 2006 Ravens in comparison had only 66 TOTAL assist tackles from its 
> > 3 
> > > top linebackers (Lewis, Scott, Landry). * 
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