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NFL Playoffs 2009 Season

Welcome to the True Worth Studies Capsule View of the 2009 NFL Playoffs.
The charts below represent the playoff teams, their strength of schedules,
and how they did against each portion of those schedules.

Explanation of the Charts

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2009 NFL Season Averages

AFC Playoff Teams
= Positive Relation

	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Indianapolis	New England	NY Jets	San Diego
YP in	22.24	21.56	19.01	20.20	21.71	17.23
YP out	11.33	13.30	19.57	12.47	4.78	22.81
DU in	190.51	181.27	197.56	185.82	202.46	196.71
DU out	237.77	172.93	251.94	271.63	189.90	231.85
rDU in	100.44	95.42	97.58	104.81	111.64	107.42
rDU out	141.27	99.63	67.19	104.99	163.42	69.28
pDU in	90.06	85.86	99.98	81.01	90.82	89.29
pDU out	96.50	73.30	184.75	166.65	26.48	162.57
Pass in	36.2	34.5	34.3	32.9	34.9	32.0
Pass out	23.9	25.3	29.6	37.6	13.2	36.1
Rush in	3.074	3.311	3.619	3.831	3.525	3.521
Rush out	2.132	2.584	3.655	3.272	2.470	3.497

NFC Playoff Teams
= Positive Relation

	Arizona	Dallas	Green Bay	Minnesota	New Orleans	Philadelphia
YP in	18.53	22.11	17.25	17.63	18.05	20.95
YP out	14.42	10.58	10.23	13.17	16.60	13.95
DU in	204.00	192.74	197.93	190.65	197.38	193.85
DU out	199.08	270.84	241.06	257.55	294.59	210.05
rDU in	94.85	104.67	94.89	93.09	106.39	104.79
rDU out	71.44	129.79	111.40	102.47	121.46	90.23
pDU in	109.15	88.07	103.04	97.56	90.99	89.06
pDU out	127.64	141.04	129.66	155.08	173.13	119.82
Pass in	34.9	36.7	33.9	33.7	31.5	36.8
Pass out	30.5	35.8	34.7	45.1	24.6	36.5
Rush in	3.175	3.094	3.101	3.187	3.531	3.221
Rush out	3.373	2.393	1.996	2.268	3.661	2.831

Explanation of the Charts

The strength of schedule for any team depends on the matchups that the team confronts, and therefore there are six (6) basic strength of schedule marks. Keep in mind, it is not as important to view how tough each strength of schedule is, but rather to see how the team performed against that particular strength. The star in each portion of the charts denotes successful performance against the strength. To define the portions, YP = "Total Offense," and DU = "Total Defense." These are the two most important strengths to review. The other portions denote the underpinnings of those two major portions, and they can show the team's vulnerabilities. rDU = "Rush Defense," pDU = "Pass Defense," Pass = "Team Passing," and Rush = "Team Rushing." Each team faces 16 opponents during a season, and therefore you can figure the "average opponent coming in." That "average opponent coming in" is the "in" portion of the chart. This means, the chart shows the six (6) strengths individually as they come in to play your team. However, each opponent plays against your team face-to-face, and therefore this face-to-face can be calculated as the "actual opponent performance" against your team. The "out" portion of the chart denotes this actual performance. Thus, you have success or failure, based on what the team gave up, as opposed to what came in. Only Dallas and Baltimore earned positive results in all cases above, but the other teams certainly have presented their own cases well. You can easily see where there are some outstanding performances with a Positive Relation, and some poorer ones. But, keep in mind that you must examine the strength of schedule upon which these results were cast. In that light, which team faced the most difficult schedule of any team in the playoffs overall is many times a difficult question. The offense might face a tough schedule of defenses, while the defense might face an easier schedule of offenses. In the end, it is the matchups that count, one team against the other. In the playoffs, a good set of matchups can mean the difference between winning and losing. If you are a poor team at defending the pass, you could have difficulty against a good passing team.

Top performances in 2009: YP, DU, Team Passing, Team Rushing, rPD
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These are the actual performances of the teams themselves, not the strength of schedule.

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