Strange statistics

[curveball]

I saw some different statistics that might interest you. Washington is the second oldest team in the league, younger than only NO with an average age of 27.66 on opening day. (about a full year older than the league average.)

They also trail only KC's 18 players 30 or older with 16 and only Houston with 5 has fewer rookies or first year players than Washington's 6.





Looks like it may be win now or else.

[die cowboys die]

well yeah but you know, Ray Brown sort of skews the whole average, since he is 347.

[blchizzleke]

Looks like it may be win now or else.

Interesting comment.

Here are our players over the age of thirty:
John Hall
Walt Harris
Brian Kozlowski
Ethan Albright
Ray Brown
Mark Brunell
Philip Daniels
Brandon Noble
David Patten
Cory Raymer
Mike Sellers
Shaun Springs
Omar Stoutmire
James Thrash
Renaldo Wynn

Now, I think that we are not in that much trouble as far as age concern goes. While some of these players like Springs, Daniels, Wynn, Brown, Patten, and Brunell (ughh) are starters, I think for the most part we could win without any of them. Maybe with the exception of Springs. With the exception of the aforementioned, none of these players are really "gamebreakers" or a guy that we count on to win us games. I think we have just enough veteran leadership, but not too much to make us an old team and have the "win now or else mentality" like the Raiders did a couple years ago.

[tcwest10]

Yeah, I mean...Tupa (if he counted), Brown, Brunell...
We've won with an Over The Hill gang before, under a different coach.
You never know.

[SkinsJock]

Statistics can be used (and abused) in a variety of ways by most everyone. Puke fans like stats that show them as the winningest team or the most successful. Gives them a false sense of security. Ray Brown might just skew those stats a little don't you think? What does having the most rookies mean really? The team with the most youthful enthusiasm or some other useless stat?

Stats mean nothing to the players on the field for either team. Stats are for dreamers and politicians and baseball nuts.

[BringThePain!]

some valuable statistics, except this is the free agency era... and it's just as easy to make you're team younger again the following year or a few years down the line and still contend...

[curveball]

some valuable statistics, except this is the free agency era... and it's just as easy to make you're team younger again the following year or a few years down the line and still contend...

Yea, if you have the cap space to do so. Oops.

Actually, the average age of a team probably more closely reflects upon their recent drafting ability than anything. With the RFA/URFA rules, it's very difficult to get "younger" through free agency. Face it, the last three years have been anything but stellar for the Redskins when it comes to the drafting for depth. Between giving away picks and trouble finding talent on the second day, right now a backup in Washington isn't a 23 year old.