Stat Pack: Browns rise in ranks after beating Jaguars

The Cleveland Browns bounced back in Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The offense looked more competent this week, and the defense shut down a potent Jaguars passing attack. The Browns played well last week, and much better than in their debut. The stats are starting to reveal how good the Browns are.

It must be stated that there’s nothing more important in data analytics than a large sample size. Football is considered a small sample size sport due to the lack of games compared to the other major sports leagues worldwide. Most football analytic experts believe teams need to play four to six games before we can identify trends.

Fans should appreciate the outliers in the data instead of reading the tea leaves. For example, the best two defenses in expected points added have both played the Carolina Panthers, who benched former number-one pick Bryce Young earlier this week. It’s important to keep stats in perspective during the early phases of the season.