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Finding the Winning Factors - Red Zone Efficiency
This week in the Finding the Winning Factors series, let's take a look at a stat that conventional wisdom tells us should lead to wins: Red Zone Efficiency. There are multiple ways to calculate this: The NFL calculates it as RZ TDs / RZ Atts, and the NCAA calculates it as (RZ TDs + RZ...
Finding the Winning Factors - Yards per Play
This week in the Finding the Winning Factors series, let's take a look at another non-conventional stat: Yards / Play. It's a pretty simple calculation, and here it is: (Pass Yds + Rush Yds - Sack Yds) / (Pass Atts + Rush Atts + Sacks) This is a good stat to look at as it combines both...
Finding the Winning Factors - Adjusted Net Passing Yards per Attempt
First off, I want to thank everyone for their ideas last week, and plan on looking at all of the suggestions (except Point scored vs. Points allowed, smart ass). I've also slightly modified my title. As monstersbox pointed out, there really isn't 1 factor that will tell us everything we want...
Finding the Most Important Factor to Winning
I started this series during last year's off season, and wanted to pick it back up again this year, armed and dangerous. I have compiled data since 1996 (thanks to an awesome site with old box scores), and want to find what stats lead to wins. Football Outsiders has obviously done a fantastic job...
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