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Old 09-14-2023, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL View Post



No wonder they were gassed in the 4th quarter ...... 14 possessions is a shit ton.

The secondary still needs help, though.



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Excellent point ...... late in the 2022 season, the average number of possessions-per-game for a team in the NFL was 10.9.

22 years earlier (in 2000), the average was 11.9 ...... one full possession more than in 2022, but still 2 full possessions less than what the Jaguars had this past Sunday.


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I got that information from the following article, which was written in December of 2022 (13 games into the 17-game regular season.)



NFL Games Have Never Been Closer ...... Here’s Why

(By Josh Hermsmeyer)

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ser-heres-why/

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