2020 NFL Week 7 Score Report

• Interesting week.  But the NFL's penchant for scoring continues.  Average for the 14 games this week was 50.57, leaving the season average for 105 games at 50.572 points per game.
• Record watch:  Most points in a season (average 46.727 in 2018):  4,904 points in 105 games.
• Highest average per game (47.2):  4,956.
• 2020 so far:  5,329, or 425 ahead of 2018 and 373 ahead of the record average.
• Home teams did not do well this week.  Only 6-8.  53-51-1 for the year.
• Home teams with fans:

1. Philly did (7,500 Thurs night):   Won.
2. Washington did not (will have 3,500 November 8th)
3. Jets not until further notice.  Not that anyone would come to that dumpster fire anyway.     
4. New Orleans did (3,000 -- first time this season):  Won.
5. Houston did (20%):  Lost.
6. Cincinnati did (12,000):  Lost.
7. Tennessee did (1/8 capacity):  Lost.
8. Raiders won't for the season.  UNLV, however, at some point, will allow 2000 in the new stadium.
   
9. Patriots didn't.
10. Chargers don't.
11. Rams don't.
12. Denver did (5,700):  Lost
13. Arizona did (only 1,200 though):  Won.
14. Atlanta did (at an unnamed limited capacity):  Lost.

• So 3-5 for the week.  25-16 for them.
• Over was 6-6-2 (yes, two pushes according to the numbers I found -- GB-HOU (35-20) pushed at 55, and PIT-TEN (27-24) pushed at 51.
• Bad week for the favorites.  Another game kicked a pick em (DAL-WAS)  Against the number, 4-9 for 45-57-1 for the year.  Straight up, 9-4 for 68-34-1 for the year.
• Team with more penalties was 4-9 for 41-51 for the year.
• 159 penalties this week (11.35 pen per game), 1196 for the year (11.4)
• Big week for Cliffhangers.  5 games had at least a tying or winning score in the last two minutes or overtime (21 for the year).
• Three games had two:  Atlanta scored in the last two minutes to lead Detroit, but Detroit won the game at the gun.  Similarly, Carolina scored in the last two minutes to lead New Orleans, but New Orleans won it at two seconds left.  I'll get to the third one in a second.
• 7 games within 8 points final margin, 53 for the year.
• 5 non-competitive games for 34 for the year.
• and 3 games with Last Chance Misses for 33 for the year.
• One of them may be one of the longest sets of notes I've ever done on the subject -- the Sunday nighter, Seattle-Arizona.  Appeared headed for ANOTHER SNF tie between the teams.  Arizona started the honors with a Cliffhanger touchdown to tie the game at 2 seconds and send it to overtime.  Then they Last Chance Missed a field goal at about 2:45 of the OT, at which point Seattle got the ball, and they scored a touchdown...  BUT WAIT:  Last Chance Miss!  Called back for offensive holding!  (Isn't it ironic!)  Next play, they get picked off and the Cardinals get the game winner for a Double Cliffhanger Double Last Chance Miss.