GOOD MORNING SKA USERS. IT’S TUESDAY AND THAT MEANS IT’S TIME TO ARM YOURSELVES… WITH KNOWLEDGE!!!
Welcome back, Knowledge Seekers. Are you just jumping from one BKOB Report to the next? A most excellent strategy!! I have the most loyal and intelligent readers in all of SpikedKoolAid.com! What a time to be covering the NFCW: A pair of 5-win teams vying for supremacy, proud fan-bases trolling one another into oblivion, Yellow Highlighting galore, and the Rams!
So much Knowledge!! So many Excerpts!! So many STATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NFCW Quarterbacks (Ranked by Passer Rating)
R Wilson – 137/189 (72.5%) 1,704 yds, 9.0 ypa, 14 td, 0 int, 124.7 rtg
J Garoppolo – 102/146 (69.9%) 1,163 yds, 8.0 ypa, 7 td, 5 int, 95.2 rtg
K Murray – 153/238 (64.3%) 1,664 yds, 7.0 ypa, 7 td, 4 int, 87.6 rtg
J Goff – 153/246 (62.2%) 1,727 yds, 7.0 ypa, 7 td, 7 int, 80.8 rtg
NFCW Rushers (Ranked by Rushing Yards)
C Carson – 118 att, 504 yds, 4.3 ypa, 2 td, 3 fum
M Breida – 65 att, 376 yds, 5.8 ypa, 1 td, 0 fum
D Johnson – 76 att, 298 yds, 3.9 ypa, 2 td, 0 fum
T Gurley – 64 att, 270 yds, 4.2 ypa, 5 td, 1 fum
What’s changed?
The 49ers have a decent hoard of Yellow Highlighting, and just as many wins as the mighty Seahawks, so why aren’t they getting more respect from the national media? Jimmy Garoppolo, that’s why. Throughout this 5-game win streak, Jimmy has thrown 7 TDs and 5 INTs. Goff-esque. What happened to Baby Brady? When did GOATroppolo become a turnover-prone, wannabe game manager?
Remember that EPIC win streak in 2017 when he played SO GARSH DARN WELL that he captured the hearts of a nation and earned the largest contract in NFL history? What was his stat-line that year, when he came off the bench and immediately began shredding defenses left-and-right? Oh, that’s right, it was ALSO 7 TDs and 5 INTs. I’m noticing a pattern here: Jimmy didn’t BECOME a turnover-prone, wannabe game manager — he always was one. And as for that giant contract? Let’s see how he’s played since then. To the Chart!!
Fascinating.
Since signing his gargantuan contract, Jimmy has somehow managed to throw more INTs than Russell Carrington Wilson, despite playing in almost 1/3rd as many games. According to my Knowledge, that’s not a very good return on investment. As a team the 49ers have made improvements, and they might continue to win, but it won’t be because of Jimmy.
Meanwhile the Seattle Seahawks — co-leaders of the NFCW — have the most balanced offense in the Division. They are the only NFCW team that ranks Top 10 in both Passing and Rushing. The team is also 3rd overall in Turnover Differential, and Wilson continues to lead the league in Total TDs while throwing 0 INTs.
This outstanding efficiency has been Seattle’s recipe for success in recent years, along with an opportunistic Defense that specializes in forcing turnovers in the final minutes of close games (CIN, LAR and CLE). What more could an unbiased sports journalist ask for?
My Analysis
The unremarkable Rams are in a death spiral, and America is loving it. They’ve lost 3 games in a row, which is the same number of points they scored in the Super Bowl. Last year’s NFC Champions are now only a half-game ahead of the Arizona Cardinals, who had the first overall pick. LA has the worst QB in the Division ($33.5m/yr) and the worst starting RB in the Division ($14.4m/yr).
This precipitous toppling of a once-mighty NFCW powerhouse might seem surprising at first, until you consider the full history of the NFCW since the 2002 realignment. Since then, non-Seahawks teams typically get a 2-year window atop the Division before inevitably plunging back to the depths of irrelevance just in time for Seattle to rise up and claim its throne in an endless ceremonial cycle. It’s almost… eerie. Please listen to the Twilight Zone theme song while reading the next paragraph.
It began in the early days with Steve Mariucci’s 49ers and Mike Martz’ Rams giving way to Mike Holmgren’s Seahawks. Then Ken Whisenhunt’s Cardinals had a two year run (’08-’09), followed soon by two years of Jim Harbaugh (’11-’12) and a year of Bruce Arians (’15). None of them won a Super Bowl, and each of their reigns were book-ended by Seattle Division titles (’07, ’10, ’13-’14, ’16). Spine-tingling!!
Now, perhaps, we can look forward to adding Sean McVay’s Rams (’17-’18) to the list. It was a good run, Sean — by non-Seahawks standards, that is!
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