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NFL Week 1 - Which defense is better for yards given up per game week 1.
Baltimore was 147 yards better
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2008&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1
Background:
For week 1, we are going to see which of these defense cans outperform its average for last season.
For Example Pittsburgh gave up an average of 266 yards per game in 2007. So we are going to take this years week 1 stats for yards given up per game and compare to last seasons average numbers. So If Pittsburgh gave up 250 that would be an improvement of 16 yards or +16. If Tampa who gave up 278 yards per season were to give up 290 yards week one, that would be 12 points worse than last season average or -12.
Top 10 Defenses from Last Year Regular season and number of yards they averaged.
1) Pittsburgh Steelers 266 yds
2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 278
3) Indianapolis Colts 279
4) New England Patriots 288
5) Tennessee Titans 291
6) Baltimore Ravens 301
7) Dallas Cowboys 307
8) Philadelphia Eagles 311
9) Green Bay Packers 313
10) Jacksonville Jaguars 314
*New York Gians and Washington Redskins were not included since they play week 1 game on Thursday.
In the event of tie team who gave up lowest points will be used for tiebreaker
Settlement details:
As reported by NFL.com
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Suspend date: Sun 7th Sep 10am PDT Settlement date: Tue 9th Sep 8:23am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 7th Sep 10am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Pittsburgh Steelers: 10%, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10%, Indianapolis Colts: 10%, New England Patriots: 10%, Tennessee Titans: 10%, Baltimore Ravens: 10%, Dallas Cowboys: 10%, Philadelphia Eagles: 10%, Green Bay Packers: 10%, Jacksonville Jaguars: 10%
Action history:
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jake: Settle as Baltimore per comments.
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2008&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1
mrperfkt: Baltimore was 147 yards better
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2008&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1
Suspend date: Sun 7th Sep 10am PDT Settlement date: Tue 9th Sep 8:23am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 7th Sep 10am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Pittsburgh Steelers 9%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9%
Indianapolis Colts 9%
New England Patriots 14%
Tennessee Titans 9%
Baltimore Ravens 9%
Dallas Cowboys 10%
Philadelphia Eagles 10%
Green Bay Packers 9%
Jacksonville Jaguars 11%
where the percentages add up to exactly 99%
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Pittsburgh 266 average/gave up 234 = +32 yards better
Tampa Bay 278 average/gave up 438 = 160 yards worse
Indianapolis 279 average/gave up 319 = 40 yards worse
New England 288 average/gave up 284 = 4 yards better
Tennessee 291 average/gave up 189 = 102 yards better
Baltimore 301 average/gave up 154 = 147 yards better
Dallas 307 average/gave up 205 = 102 yards better
Philadelphia 311 average/gave up 166 = 145 yards better
Green Bay 313 average/To Be Determined
Jacksonville 314 average/gave up 309 = 5 yards better
http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2008&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1
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