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Originally Posted by hooskins
It is not a debate, and I was referring to an overall stat for the entire NFL complied over years. That way it would be statistically significant, due to a larger sample size.
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You can't look at it like that either. You would have to sample coaches with the same preseason philosophy. Some make it a point to win in preseason. That means game planning and showing thier true O and D. Others (like ours) don't game plan unless they think the team really needs to build its confidence (like against Pittsburg last preseason). They hide thier O and D and don't worry about the W. I think you can compare Gibbs or Saunders preseason to season records and find something. Likewise, Parcells, Coughlin, Cowher have all been in the league long enough to establish thier own trends.