https://fivethirtyeight.com/fe...ertified-mega-upset/
Excerpt:
The Vikings could not block San Francisco. The 49ers paid for the pass rush with draft capital and trades, and they got their money’s worth.
neil: I wonder if that will change next week against the No. 1 offensive line in pass block win rate.
Salfino: That’s a great stat. This game suddenly got a lot more interesting, in my mind. It’s always tough to believe in a rematch when the last game that season was such a massacre, but there’s also the 2010 Jets over the Patriots, right?
neil: That one definitely sticks out in my mind as a rare major reversal between regular season and playoffs.
joshua.hermsmeyer: My research has shown that o-line has more of an effect on pass rush allowed than defense does in creating it, fwiw.
neil: Interesting!
Salfino: I believe that, Josh. The offense is mostly in control versus anything the defense does, based on all the data I’ve seen.
neil: Does the defense control its own destiny in anything???
Poor defenses. Always at the whims of the offense.