overachievers Stories - Niners Nation
49ers-Redskins Statistical Review: Half-Full or Half-Empty?
It's New Year's Day and I'm still not recovered from "celebrating," so my final statistical review of the season is going to be a short and sweet one... In my preview, I identified three things on which my optimism for 2009 hinged: Beating or nearly beating a team that has at least a 25% DVOA...
49ers-Redskins Statistical Preview: The Bridge to Somewhere
Seasons greetings Niners Nation! I hope everyone's had a good holiday (whichever one you might celebrate)... This week, the 49ers once again play a team that should (theoretically) be more concerned with offseason plans than the upcoming game. Throw in the fact that the Redskins, losers of 5 of...
49ers-Cardinals Statistical Review: Foundation Laid?
In my 49ers-Seahawks preview a few weeks ago, I talked about how the success or failure of Mike Singletary's coaching tenure hinged on whether or not his motivational tactics--dropping trou and all--led to a newfound, overachieving 49er team. Although the stats didn't show very much success in that...















