NFL 2022 Season

[Kev The Rat]

Aside from seeing just how poorly the Raiders’ and Broncos‘ high-dollar offseason escapades would turn out, the Kansas City Chiefs returning to Cincinnati was the most highly anticipated moment of the year for Chiefs Kingdom. It is finally here, and we are in store for a showdown.

Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is back for the Bengals, and Joe Mixon has cleared concussion protocol. Even without them, the Bengals were top-10 in total offense. The Chiefs, however, are leading the league in four of the most prominent offensive metrics.

Check out the following stats:

The Chiefs lead the NFL in PPG, YPG, yards/play and 3rd down pct this season

Last team to do all 4?

The 2001 Rams

Incredible, incredible season after losing Tyreek

The 1999-2001 Rams, “The Greatest Show on Turf,” were the most historically high-powered NFL offense of all time.

Now, the 2022 Chiefs—who traded away Tyreek Hill, who happens to lead the league in receiving yardage this year—are atop the NFL like nobody else has been since those Rams.

More impressively, the Chiefs came into the season with the most daunting schedule in football ahead of them. They have played four of the top-10 most efficient defenses in football, they face the Bengals this week, and they still have to match up with Denver twice.

Somehow, there appears to be no sign of this machine slowing. Receivers have gone down, running backs have struggled to get going, offensive line play has been sloppy at times, and for some reason, they just can’t be stopped.

Sunday’s game against the Bengals will be electric, but stepping back from the microscope makes clear just how great the potential of this group is.

 

[Acrobat]

Aside from seeing just how poorly the Raiders’ and Broncos‘ high-dollar offseason escapades would turn out, the Kansas City Chiefs returning to Cincinnati was the most highly anticipated moment of the year for Chiefs Kingdom. It is finally here, and we are in store for a showdown.

Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is back for the Bengals, and Joe Mixon has cleared concussion protocol. Even without them, the Bengals were top-10 in total offense. The Chiefs, however, are leading the league in four of the most prominent offensive metrics.

Check out the following stats:

The Chiefs lead the NFL in PPG, YPG, yards/play and 3rd down pct this season

Last team to do all 4?

The 2001 Rams

Incredible, incredible season after losing Tyreek

The 1999-2001 Rams, “The Greatest Show on Turf,” were the most historically high-powered NFL offense of all time.

Now, the 2022 Chiefs—who traded away Tyreek Hill, who happens to lead the league in receiving yardage this year—are atop the NFL like nobody else has been since those Rams.

More impressively, the Chiefs came into the season with the most daunting schedule in football ahead of them. They have played four of the top-10 most efficient defenses in football, they face the Bengals this week, and they still have to match up with Denver twice.

Somehow, there appears to be no sign of this machine slowing. Receivers have gone down, running backs have struggled to get going, offensive line play has been sloppy at times, and for some reason, they just can’t be stopped.

Sunday’s game against the Bengals will be electric, but stepping back from the microscope makes clear just how great the potential of this group is.

You sound more and more like a Kopite every post. Incredible. LOL

 

[Kev The Rat]

You sound more and more like a Kopite every post. Incredible. LOL

Fascinating

 

[Tree13]

For anyone curious about the scheduling of games in the NFL, and the concept of "Strength of Schedule":

From a CBS article in May 2022 using LAST season's records to PREDICT the likely difficulty each team will face in the 2022 schedule:

RANK		OPPONENTS' COMBINED 2021 RECORD	OPPONENTS' COMBINED 2021 WIN PERCENTAGE
1	Rams	164-125-0	.567
2	Cardinals	157-132-0	.543
3	Bengals	154-133-2	.536
4	Buccaneers	154-134-1	.535
T-5	49ers	154-135-0	.533
T-5	Chiefs	154-135-0	.533
T-7	Raiders	152-136-1	.528
T-7	Saints	152-136-1	.528
9	Falcons	151-137-1	.524
10	Chargers	150-139-0	.519
11	Seahawks	149-139-1	.517
T-12	Steelers	148-141-0	.512
T-12	Panthers	147-140-2	.512
T-12	Bills	147-140-2	.512
15	Broncos	147-142-0	.509
16	Patriots	143-144-2	.498
T-17	Jets	142-145-2	.495
T-17	Browns	142-145-2	.495
19	Texans	141-148-0	.488
20	Vikings	139-148-2	.484
21	Dolphins	138-149-2	.481
22	Packers	137-150-2	.478
23	Ravens	136-151-2	.474
T-24	Bears	135-152-2	.471
T-24	Titans	136-153-0	.471
T-26	Jaguars	135-153-1	.469
T-26	Colts	135-153-1	.469
28	Lions	135-154-0	.467
29	Giants	134-154-1	.465
30	Eagles	133-154-2	.464
T-31	Commanders	133-155-1	.462
T-31	Cowboys	133-155-1	.462

 

[Tree13]

And then from THIS season, using each team's CURRENT records to assess everyone's actual strength of schedule - toughest schedule first.

(From http://www.powerrankingsguru.com/nfl/strength-of-schedule.php )

NFL Strength of Schedule Played​

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	Steelers4-7	AFC North	22	11.6
2	Lions4-7	NFC North	28	13.2
3	Packers4-8	NFC North	17	13.5
4	Bills9-3	AFC East	2	14.1
5	Rams3-8	NFC West	26	14.2
6	Browns4-7	AFC North	14	14.2
7	Jets7-4	AFC East	13	14.3
8	Ravens7-4	AFC North	5	14.8
9	Vikings9-2	NFC North	9	15.0
10	Chiefs9-2	AFC West	1	15.7
11	Patriots6-6	AFC East	12	15.9
12	Dolphins8-3	AFC East	8	16.1
13	Colts4-7-1	AFC South	25	16.1
14	Bears3-9	NFC North	31	16.2
15	Bengals7-4	AFC North	6	16.6
16	Cardinals4-8	NFC West	24	16.6
17	Cowboys8-3	NFC East	3	17.1
18	Titans7-4	AFC South	10	17.1
19	Saints4-8	NFC South	23	17.2
20	Buccaneers5-6	NFC South	11	17.2
21	Jaguars4-7	AFC South	19	17.2
22	Commanders7-5	NFC East	15	17.3
23	Chargers6-5	AFC West	16	17.3
24	Texans1-9-1	AFC South	32	17.7
25	Giants7-4	NFC East	21	17.9
26	Panthers4-8	NFC South	30	18.0
27	Falcons5-7	NFC South	29	18.9
28	Eagles10-1	NFC East	4	19.0
29	Broncos3-8	AFC West	27	19.1
30	Raiders4-7	AFC West	18	20.1
31	Seahawks6-5	NFC West	20	20.2
32	49ers7-4	NFC West	7	22.2

 

[Tree13]

And for good measure, also from http://www.powerrankingsguru.com/nfl/strength-of-schedule.php :

The strength of schedule for each team for the REMAINING games this season, based on all opponents' CURRENT records, makes for interesting reading. Bengals and Dolphins have the two toughest schedules (of opponents yet to play); Chiefs and Vikings have the easiest.

Presumably this is down to the peculiarities of the divisional games left to play: if you're in a weak division with a couple of 3-8 teams left to face, that's to your benefit. Teams in a strong division - like the AFC East this year, which has all four teams in playoff contention - will only have strong divisional rivals left to face, because they don't have ANY weak teams in their division.

It would be so weird if the Prem was set up like this!

 

[Tree13]

Inactives for the early games: https://www.nfl.com/news/inactive-reports-for-sunday-s-week-13-games-in-2022-nfl-season

 

[ToffeeTim]

Packers defence is allergic to tackling

 

[Tree13]

Packers defence is allergic to tackling

They're in full-on tank mode. Don't think the Texans will pass them though - the Packers will end up picking #2 in the draft (unless they already traded it away?)

 

[Mickey]

Cousins having a mare here today.

 

[ToffeeTim]

They're in full-on tank mode. Don't think the Texans will pass them though - the Packers will end up picking #2 in the draft (unless they already traded it away?)

No they still have their picks

But will just use them on D and ignore Rodgers so it makes little difference

 

[ToffeeTim]

As much as I have not liked the Packers season, Christian Watson is going to be the man for Green Bay

8 scores in 4 games

 

[barneygumble]

One day, I’ll watch the Jets and we won’t absolutely make me go grey.

Have no right to be on this game.

 

[Obes]

Jets have continuously marched down the field only to screw almost every redzone possession up.

 

[Connor]

Mike White can sling it and run that offense but he lacks the poise