And getting the scoring caught up: Week 8 and Week 9

Finally getting the rest of this caught up:

Scoring Update:

Week 8's 14 games averaged 41 1/2 points exactly.

Since 2001, only 2001, 2003, and 2007 had fewer points on average for Week 8.

Week 9's 14 games averaged exactly five points more than Week 8:  46.5 exactly.

Since 2001, 2007 was higher by a small fraction, 2009 lower by a similar small fraction, and only 2004 was sunstantially higher.

For the 9 weeks, the average NFL game scored 45.72 points.

This is about 1 1/3 points higher than last year's record.