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1) Ok, why do announcers keep quoting rushing yard leaders? Sure, if your team runs more than average, you'll have lots of rushing yards, but it seems pretty clear to me that yards/carry matters more than raw yards, right? Or, really carry-yards above average.
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@SBF_FTX
2) The correlations here are surprisingly low, especially early in the season! Some correlations: yds vs yds/carry: 50% yds vs yds above average: 50% yds/carry vs yds above average: 95%
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@SBF_FTX
3) Of course, neither of these are perfect -- e.g. you want to look at 1st down % as well -- but I'm confused why people default to citing raw yards instead of yards per carry or above average.
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