The 2014 season marked a new era of passing efficiency. And since the 2014 season, the passing game has remained extremely efficient. However, there were a lot of quarterback injuries in 2019: we spent most or all of the season without Andrew Luck, Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton, and Alex Smith; as a result, pass effic
  • whatever12347@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Among other reasons, this is why TD/INT ratio is becoming a near useless statistic.

    TD:INT ratio has always been a useless stat. Why present it as a ratio when they aren’t equally important? Touchdowns help a team more than interceptions hurt them.

    • RobotDevil222x3@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not only that aspect, but a team that runs it in from the 1 is going to, on average, have a qb with a worse ratio than one who’s scheme has them throwing it at the 1. Lotta quick, easy TDs can be racked up by qbs and inflate their stats when in both cases the team scored a TD.