Here are stats for the Cowboys offense. In weeks 1 to 7, they averaged 320 yards per game, 183.1 passing yards/game and 136.9 rushing yards/game. These games were against Carolina, Seattle, Giants, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville and Washington. In weeks 9 to 17, they averaged 362.3 yards per game, 250.7 passing yards/game and 111.7 rushing yards/game. So the trade led to 42.3 extra yards per game (70 more per week passing and less rushing yards). In the second half they teams were Washington, Giants, Eagles twice, Tenn, Atlanta, NO, TB,and the Colts. The 362.3 yards per game average would be 16th if over the whole season.
The Cowboys played DC and NYG in both halves. Pre-trade they had 323, 250, 73 against Washington and post-trade had 404, 258, 146. (81 extra yards almost all of that increase was on the ground). Against NY, pre-trade they went 298, 160, 138, and post-trade they went 419, 368, 51. An increase of 121 yards (they ran for 87 less so over 200 more through the air).
The rams were much better with Talib than without WITH a major caveat. With Talib the rams played against Oakland, the cardinals twice, the chargers, Detroit, the bears, eagles, and 49ers. Against that lineup the rams gave up 315.9 yards/game, 194.6 passing yards/game, and 116 rushing yards/game. These teams averaged 323.6 per game so we held them 7.7 yards a game under their averages.
Without Talib, we played much stronger offensive competition: Seattle twice, SF, Denver, Minnesota, GB, NO, and KC. without Talib, the rams gave up 401.3 yards/game, 272.6 passing yards/game, and 128.6 rushing yards a game. These teams averaged 367.1 yards/game, so they did 34.2 yards a game better against us then against the rest of their schedule. Whereas the rams were nearly 100 yards/game better with Talib than without him some of this is due to the level of competition. When we try to account for offensive strength of schedule by comparing yards vs rams to yards versus everyone else, the rams D gave up 7.7 less yards per game with Talib and 34.2 more without him. So the Talib effect was worth 41.9 yards/game.
I did not break it down this way for Detroit as I just looked at raw increases there. So it is not apples to apples, but Cooper added 42.3 yards/game not accounting for strength of the opposing defenses, and Talib was worth 41.9 yards/game when we account for strength of the offenses.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2019 07:25PM by The Professor.
