Monday, November 26, 2018

2018 Week 12 Score Report

All the byes are now over, with Kansas City and the Rams getting this week off.  All teams have now played 11 games.

  • Even though there certainly was the potential for a downer week scoring, the NFL still averaged 47.4 PPG for the week.
  • Meaning, for the year, the 176 games played have scored 8,512 points, for an average of 48.364
  • Versus the total scoring record, average 46.707, they are now 292 points ahead.
  • Versus the all-time average points per game record of 47.2 (again, many many years ago -- the NFL, as one thing, only had ten teams!), they are now 205 points ahead.
  • Home teams went 10-5 this week, for 105-66-2 total (.613)
  • The Over went 7-8 this week, now also one game under .500 for the year.
  • Vegas gave some back to the bettors this week:  Favorites went 9-5 against the number (Cleveland and Cincinnati kicked a Pick) for 79-90-6 for the year.
  • 11-3 straight up for the favorites:  113-60 for the year.
  • Team with more penalties was 8-6, 72-77 for the year.
  • 3 Cliffhangers for 35 total (19.9%)
  • 8 games finished within 8 points for 93 total (52.8%)
  • 5 non-competitive games this week for 61 total (34.7%)
  • 4 Last Chance Miss games for 47 total.
And now, the Storylines Report:

AFC:
  1. Kansas City 9-2 outright
  2. New England 8-3 (tiebreaker over Houston because of HTH, would have the tiebreaker over KC for the same reason if it applies)
  3. Houston 8-3
  4. Pittsburgh 7-3-1
  5. LA Chargers 8-3
  6. Baltimore 6-5 (tiebreaker over Indianapolis, 6-3 in conference vs. 5-4)
Careful, though, they may be mini-pushing Andrew Luck here -- 5 wins in a row.

NFC:
  1. New Orleans 10-1 (tiebreaker over the Rams because of HTH)
  2. LA Rams 10-1
  3. Chicago 8-3
  4. Dallas 6-5 (tiebreaker over Washington, for the moment, because they've won and played one more division game (3-1 vs. 2-1) after the HTH split)
  5. Minnesota 6-4-1
  6. Washington 6-5 (wins tiebreakers with both Carolina and Seattle due to conference record)
Frankly, we're down to five teams, I think.  The two LA teams, New England, Kansas City, and New Orleans.

Everyone else can go home.

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