![]() Given his average of 14.6 yards per catch over the last two seasons, that would give him 1,489 yards, and all of a sudden we are seeing a "number one receiver," whatever that means. On 150 targets with his catch rate of 68% this season, Tate would have 102 catches. However, he is talented enough to convince a different team that if they sign him to number one receiver type money and then give him 150 targets, that he will start to produce those kinds of numbers. Tate has topped out at 898 yards and in this offense, there is a good chance that he will never be a high-volume, 100 catch, 1,400-yard receiver. From an outsiders perspective, what do you see? A second round pick that has been disappointing, topping out at just 898 yards as a career-high this season. It's an interesting case study to look at Tate and try to assess his value. (Part one of "Stats that say we're going to win" can be found here.) I thought, "Hey I can leave, I can leave" but now I know I was wrong, cause I missed you - 96Ī Texans blogger was asking me about whether or not it would actually be that wise to re-sign Golden Tate, and like a hero being called to a burning building full of Seahawks, I went to the numbers.ĭun-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh Dun-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh Dun-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh - STATMAN! Here are some statistical reasons why based on how a few players played this season and on their matchups in Super Bowl XLVIII, plus a special message from me to Seattle and Denver fans for the finale. I believe that the Seahawks are the best team in the NFL and that's why I think they're about to get - it - on. When it's your day it's your day, and experience is meaningless. Mike Shanahan's lack of Super Bowl experience was inconsequential that year - hell, he hadn't even won a playoff game in his career until '97. It was back in 1997 that Holmgren led the Green Bay Packers to their second consecutive championship game and the team he was facing was just about the saddest bunch of sads in Super Bowl history.īut John Elway's non-heroics in his previous three Super Bowl appearances wouldn't matter that day. (Have I said Super Bowl enough?)Ĭoaching experience isn't much different.Īnd that wasn't even the first time that Holmgren lost a Super Bowl to a coach that hadn't himself won a Super Bowl. Quarterbacks with prior Super Bowl experience are 2-5 in the last eight Super Bowls, and those two wins are Eli Manning over Tom Brady (who of course had played in four prior Super Bowls) and Ben Roethlisberger over Kurt Warner (who had played in two previous Super Bowls.) So the only repeat Super Bowl winners came in games where both were Super Bowl veterans. A lot of coaches have coached in a lot of games, a lot of players have played in a lot of games, but more often than not, at the of the day the best team will win. Though John Fox has coached in a Super Bowl and Peyton Manning has played in two and won one, that has nothing to do with the 2013 Seahawks. I'm not sure what kind of role "experience" will play, if any. It will be the seventh appearance for the Denver Broncos, though it has been 17 years since their last one. “Once you get into the dance, they can't kick you out, so what we do with it will be determined next weekend.The Seattle Seahawks are a day from a day away from playing in their second Super Bowl in franchise history. “We're AFC West champions,” says Broncos head coach JOHN FOX. Second-year quarterback Tim Tebow won seven of his 11 starts for the Broncos, including all six wins during the club's winning streak. ![]() Denver, which used a six-game winning streak to get back in the race, is the fifth team in NFL history to reach the postseason after starting 2-5 or worse after seven games. The Broncos went from worst-to-first in the AFC West, winning the division after finishing in last place a season ago. “We have a good core group of guys who have been there before. “Any time you're in the postseason, you're happy to be there,” says Steelers tight end Heath Miller. Defensively, Pittsburgh led the NFL in total defense (271.8 yards per game) and passing defense (171.9). Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had 4,077 passing yards and has recorded the only two 4,000-yard seasons in franchise history. The Steelers enter the postseason having won 10 of their final 12 games, including six of their past seven. The winner has advanced to the Super Bowl in five of those meetings, including Super Bowl wins in the past two (19). The Steelers and Broncos have met six times in the postseason with the teams splitting the series 3-3.
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