2018 Week 11 Score Report: Monday Night Script-Job Goes TILT in Los Angeles.

As I said the last time this happened, we might as well just start with the elephant in the room.

LA Rams 54 - Kansas City 51 in the relocated game for #LATogether.

At least three NFL records were broken in this game:

• The highest NFL Vegas total in history.  64.  (And, as said before, it only took less than 43 minutes for THAT total to be exceeded!!!)
• The most points ever scored on a game of Monday Night Football.  In the 773rd MNF game, this game broke the record of Green Bay's victory over Washington, Week 7 1983 (48-47 for a total of 95).
• The most points ever scored in an NFL game by a losing side.  (Old record was 49, done once each in the NFL and AFL:  The NFL was that 2015 NO-NYG game where the Giants scored 49 but gave up 52.  The AFL was Houston losing to Oakland by the same score on December 22, 1963.)

The game was also:

• The third-highest scoring NFL game in history -- and the fourth to exceed 100 points.
• #2 was November 28, 2004, Cincinnati beats Cleveland 58-48 for 106.  
• #1 was the Redskins beating the New York Giants 72-41 for 113 total on November 27, 1966.

(All such stats courtesy of Pro Football Reference, sans the number of MNF games -- that was on the ESPN broadcast after the record was broken.)

And if you don't think this game tonight was the biggest goddamn snow job in history!!!

The only thing I think the NFL got wrong was not having Kansas City, on two different attempts (which constituted a Last Chance Miss after the Cliffhanger touchdown at 1:56 for LA), getting a field goal to tie the game at 54 and having six in the overtime make 114!

And there were a TON of bad calls in the fourth quarter benefiting the Rams.  Including the last punt to KC having one of the Rams commit both a late hit AND taunting, and getting called for neither!

So, with that tilt-job in LA...  Let's see what that does to the record-breaking scoring this season...

• 52.38 PPG for the week.
• 681 points this week.  680 last week.  
• The catch?  14 games last week, 13 this week!
• Not even the highest week average of the year (Week 4 -- 53.4)
• 48.453 PPG for the season.
• Now, for the 161 NFL games played (I think this means the Rams and Chiefs are the last two teams to take their byes!), to break the season total scoring record when the average was 46.707, the 7801 points are now 280 points ahead of that pace.
• And as for the all-time average record of 47.2 points per game, the NFL is now 202 points ahead!
• Home teams were 8-5 this week for 95-61-2 for the year.  (.612)
• Over was 7-6 this week for an even .500 for the year 79-79-3.
• Another big winning week for underdog bettors and the books.  Favorites were 3-7-3 ATS -- yes, three pushed (the Rams were -3, Pittsburgh was -4 and won 20-16 (in the lowest scoring game of the week at 36!!!), and the Giants were -3 and won 38-35).  9-4 straight up.
• So that makes 70-85-6 against the number and 104-55-2 straight up for the season.
• Team with more penalties was 5-7 this week, 64-71 for the year.
• 21 penalties in each of the Rams and Chargers games put the average for the week at about 12.2.
• By contrast, Dallas-Atlanta had only 4, Detroit-Carolina only 3!
• Season average is just one penalty total under 13 a game.
• Only TWO non-competitive games this week, in contrast to several previous weeks.  Total of 56 for the year.
• All 11 other games finished within 8 points!  Five of them were Cliffhangers.
• That totals 32 Cliffhangers (about 20%), and 85 finishing within one score (about 53%)
• And 4 Last Chance Misses for 43 for the season