The official game day thread, re: Colts vs. Bills

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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He's sparing Andrew Luck from hurting his yards-per-carry statistic.

I hate the fact that kneel-downs count towards the stats, both for the individual player AND for the overall team rushing statistics ........ they tend to really skew the picture, especially for perennially good teams who are often leading by 10 or more points in the final minutes of a game.


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Originally Posted by Butter

It is silly to count it, but -3 yards every few games is not going to skew stats that much, especially team stats.

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Brisette had 4 kneel-downs for -4 yards today.


Prior to those kneel-downs, the Colts had 33 carries for 224 yards, good for 6.8 yards per carry.


After the kneel-downs, they had 37 carries for 220 yards, good for 5.9 yards per carry.


That's almost a full yard less per carry, and that's annoying enough for me to want them to consider changing the rule/statistics.



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