Thursday, December 26, 2013

Week 16 Score Update

Well, they talked about the weather last weekend, and it (and probably a bit of Vegas) had a major impact on the scoring last week.

Even with high-scoring national games, the average for Week 16 was only 43.125.

Lowest average of the year, but 7/8 of a point higher than last year's Week 16.

Year total average per game, 47.06, about 1.6 points more than last year's record.

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Cliffhanger Index:

DAL-WAS (Romo's last TD pass of the year with 1:08 to go to give Dallas a relevant game next week.)
CAR-NO (Cam Newton TD pass to put Carolina in the driver's seat for a first-round bye:  :23 left.)
NYG-DET (Overtime FG basically ensures firing of Jim Schwartz.)
PIT-GB (TD run with 1:25 to go, before all the OTHER shenanigans.)

So a normal Cliffhanger Index of 4 this week.  Total:  53/240.  About 22% of the games are decided with a score in the last two minutes or overtime.  A little light this year.  (Average under Goodell seems to be about 25%.)

Inside one score:

TEN-JAX
ARI-SEA (Just missed the formal Tuohy criteria:  TD pass with 2:13 to go won it.)

Only 6 of the 16 games ended inside one score.  Season total:  122/240, about 51% of all games finishing at or within eight points.

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