The NFL has bewildered some of its fans with lots of things recently. I say recently, but I mean at least the last tenish years. Well today one of those things is about to be explained. This is what I am calling the Removal effect.
I first noticed this when the Chiefs lost Jamaal Charles in the 2015 season and went on to the first playoff win in decades. This blew the mind of many fans because Jamaal carried the team for so long on offense, mainly in the Cassel years, and they did better without him. This also applied to the Lions losing Megatron and the Chiefs defense with Peters suspended. The teams without them seem so much better in their absence most of the time. There are even stats to prove this.
In the 2015 season before the Chiefs lost Jamaal Charles they never got to 30 points in a game. They faced good defenses before and after he went down. After losing Charles the offense had five games with 30 points or above scored. The rushing yards even got higher than when they had Charles that season.
In the 2015 season the Lions with Megatron the offense ranked 18th in points in the league. This year they rank 5th in points. Matthew Stafford finally looks more like the quarterback he was drafted to be.
In just one game the Chiefs secondary seemed to have improved against the Raiders without Marcus Peters. Everyone seemed to look better than they have all season.
What am I getting to here? Sometimes taking away one of the best players helps improve the unit as a whole. Obviously it doesn't always apply (i.e. the Rodger-less Packers), but sometimes gets really good results. It forces the Coaches to get more creative, and change things up, it takes away the safety blanket, and it causes some players to step up and be seen as what they truly are. So taking out one of your best players may actually be helpful towards a successful season.
I first noticed this when the Chiefs lost Jamaal Charles in the 2015 season and went on to the first playoff win in decades. This blew the mind of many fans because Jamaal carried the team for so long on offense, mainly in the Cassel years, and they did better without him. This also applied to the Lions losing Megatron and the Chiefs defense with Peters suspended. The teams without them seem so much better in their absence most of the time. There are even stats to prove this.
In the 2015 season before the Chiefs lost Jamaal Charles they never got to 30 points in a game. They faced good defenses before and after he went down. After losing Charles the offense had five games with 30 points or above scored. The rushing yards even got higher than when they had Charles that season.
In the 2015 season the Lions with Megatron the offense ranked 18th in points in the league. This year they rank 5th in points. Matthew Stafford finally looks more like the quarterback he was drafted to be.
In just one game the Chiefs secondary seemed to have improved against the Raiders without Marcus Peters. Everyone seemed to look better than they have all season.
What am I getting to here? Sometimes taking away one of the best players helps improve the unit as a whole. Obviously it doesn't always apply (i.e. the Rodger-less Packers), but sometimes gets really good results. It forces the Coaches to get more creative, and change things up, it takes away the safety blanket, and it causes some players to step up and be seen as what they truly are. So taking out one of your best players may actually be helpful towards a successful season.
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