New York Giants: Stats That Matter Through Week 4

October 2, 2012   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

About 75 percent of people know that you can use stats to skew perspectives. The reality is that they rarely tell the whole story, but I also find that they almost always tell part of the story.
Let's attempt to complete the story by tossing out two key stats regarding the New York Giants four weeks into the season.
 
0.27
I have quite a few numbers to give you to supplement this one, but 0.27 is the pass win probability added (WPA) rating that the Giants' offensive line has received thus far from Advanced NFL Stats, which ranks fifth in football. I noted last week that the Giants' line had improved dramatically early this season when it came to both pass and run-blocking, at least from a statistical standpoint, and that was again the case against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.
The Giants have been good right across the board from this perspective. They've improved their yards-per-rush average from 3.5 to 3.9 and have surrendered only f...

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