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These are select stats as of week 7, TNF may have shifted things slightly

TDs per game: lowest since 2001

Avg yards: lowest since 2008

Yards per play: lowest since 2007

Passing TDs per game: lowest since 2008

Net yards gained per pass attempt: lowest since 2007

Yards per reception: lowest EVER

Sacks per game: highest since 1997

Field goal attempts: highest since 1973

Kickoff returns per game: lowest ever (obviously new kick return rules)

Yardage per kick returned: lowest ever

All purpose yards per game: lowest since 1946 (passing+running+punt return+kick return+interception return+fumble return)

Source: pro football reference

I heard a mention on the radio that some offensive stats were trending quite low so decided to take a look. Found this pretty interesting considering all the rules that have been put in place to the benefit of offense.

What might explain this? Better defenses? Offenses/coaching worse? O-line depth? Younger, inexperienced QBs being thrown into the gauntlet- average QB age is probably the lowest it has ever been? Something else?

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[–] SocialDistanceMedia@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The real turnoff for me has been the amount of flags, or least I'm perceiving there are too many since I don't know the actual statistics.

And now that Arizona is having our very very nice fall weather, I'm going to spend my free time this weekend outdoors watching yellow leaves, not yellow flags.