Thanksgiving Day football

[Davidson Deac II]

Last year, half the teams on Thanksgiving Day scored more than 30 points.  Today, no one has yet, although MN/NE may.  I don't have any stats to back it up, but it seems that scoring is down some this year.

Edited November 25, 2022 by Davidson Deac II

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Last year, half the teams on Thanksgiving Day scored more than 30 points.  Today, no one has yet, although MN/NE may.  I don't have any stats to back it up, but it seems that scoring is down some this year.

Scoring peaked in '21 with teams averaging 24.8 points per game. It dropped to 23 last year. It's at 21.8 so far this year. So year, scoring is trending down. I fully expect the NFL to further tweak the rules this off-season on an effort to reverse that trend.

 

 

[Catsfan69]

11 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Last year, half the teams on Thanksgiving Day scored more than 30 points.  Today, no one has yet, although MN/NE may.  I don't have any stats to back it up, but it seems that scoring is down some this year.

But all three games have been good and entertaining. 

[Catsfan69]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Scoring peaked in '21 with teams averaging 24.8 points per game. It dropped to 23 last year. It's at 21.8 so far this year. So year, scoring is trending down. I fully expect the NFL to further tweak the rules this off-season on an effort to reverse that trend.

 

 

They need to give the defense more leeway. Scoring is too easy already. 

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, Catsfan69 said:

I did. Passer rating is within half a point completion percentage is almost identical. Passing yards are within 150 of each other.

Pretty much identical. 

Perhaps you could show me where my comprehension is off?

 

Lamar is at

63.4% 1977yds 16td 7int and 91.7 rating

Daniel is at

65.1 % 1937yds 9td 4int 89.8 rating

 

Lol one player has almost double TDs than the other. Glad you are looking at rating too. Jones has a better rating than Stafford. Time for the Rams to draft a QB too??

[ForJimmy]

38 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

In what world is nearly 50% more yards "pretty similar"?

You can keep making this argument if you want but there's nothing to support it. Lamar is an NFL MVP. Daniel Jones is a guy who sucks so bad that the Giants didn't even pick up his 5th year rookie contract option.

 

He gets blinded by QBs than can run. For some reason it triggers him and he can’t make a fair assessment of them.

[Jackie Lee]

3 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

He gets blinded by QBs than can run. For some reason it triggers him and he can’t make a fair assessment of them.

Yeah I guess Lamar averaging close to 23 passing td's a year to Jones at about 10 a year is somehow negatively affected by Lamar averaging 5 rushing TDs a year to Jone's 2.5, because running is bad 

[Catsfan69]

10 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Lol one player has almost double TDs than the other. Glad you are looking at rating too. Jones has a better rating than Stafford. Time for the Rams to draft a QB too??

Isn't Stafford injured?

[ForJimmy]

3 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

Isn't Stafford injured?

Yeah that rating was obviously BEFORE his injury. They don’t rate QBs when they aren’t playing…

[Jackie Lee]

Derrick Brown is cool and all but watching CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson today...I know we don't have a qb so wouldn't have really mattered

[NAS]

Never understood why Kirk Cousins was never considered a franchise QB. Clearly he can play 

[Catsfan69]

That was a big time throw and catch

[NAS]

36 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Scoring peaked in '21 with teams averaging 24.8 points per game. It dropped to 23 last year. It's at 21.8 so far this year. So year, scoring is trending down. I fully expect the NFL to further tweak the rules this off-season on an effort to reverse that trend.

 

 

I hope not, the game needs balance

[Catsfan69]

Just now, NAS said:

Never understood why Kirk Cousins was never considered a franchise QB. Clearly he can play 

Lack of postseason success. That's a big factor in how you're perceived. 

Unless of course you just look cool. Lots of guys get extra points for looking cool.

Kinda like the Pontiac Fiero and DeLorean from the 80's