tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post1872069686555035440..comments2023-11-05T04:16:44.937-05:00Comments on Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): SI Article on NFL PassingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-14858667275412742292011-11-09T02:25:52.759-05:002011-11-09T02:25:52.759-05:00Further kudos in that you, who spoke least, were i...Further kudos in that you, who spoke least, were it seemed the only one who actually addressed the subject "why is offense up *this year*?". Everyone else went on and on about how there is more passing in recent years. Kids throw more in high school this days. Big revelation. But what about this year?<br /><br />One thing nobody mentioned is: after a hot start things probably will cool down (much less "regression to the mean"). <br /><br /><em>Teams are scoring more points per game (44.6 through Sunday)</em><br /><br />Actually in the first five weeks they scored over 46 per game. But in the last four weeks it's been 42 -- pretty much exactly normal for recent years.<br /><br /><em> In 2010 no team averaged more than 288.1 yards through the air. Through Sunday of Week 8 the top three passing teams are stratospherically higher: The Saints were throwing for 326.8 per game, the Patriots for 324.7 and the Packers for 323.4.</em><br /><br />Though over the last two weeks they've all combined averaged only 253.<br /><br />Maybe in a couple years all them big names will be talking about how they were invited by you to a conference.Jim Glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38600807.post-47865029153581903282011-11-09T01:12:10.719-05:002011-11-09T01:12:10.719-05:00Wow, such an invite shows you're making an imp...Wow, such an invite shows you're making an impact on the world, both for yourself and on behalf of the statistical analysis community. Congratulations.Jim Glassnoreply@blogger.com