Comments on: The Cowboys Are 32nd in Yards Differential – What Does That Mean? http://www.footballperspective.com/the-cowboys-are-32nd-in-yards-differential-what-does-that-mean/ NFL History and Stats Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richie http://www.footballperspective.com/the-cowboys-are-32nd-in-yards-differential-what-does-that-mean/#comment-64641 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:33:33 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15961#comment-64641 In reply to Chase Stuart.

Here’s an unresearched theory off the top of my head:

Coaches goals are usually to score points, they don’t care about yards too much. So if a team is winning a game, they don’t care if the opponent starts racking up passing yards against them in the 4th quarter. Also, as we see in the aversion to 4th down attempts (Yay, Philbin!), coaches tend to play to minimize margin of defeat and/or delay a loss. So, this might also lead to point differential being a more predictive value of team quality the following season.

]]> By: mrh http://www.footballperspective.com/the-cowboys-are-32nd-in-yards-differential-what-does-that-mean/#comment-64609 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:47:28 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15961#comment-64609 In reply to Chase Stuart.

What would the numbers be if you neutralized for strength of schedule for Y vs. Y+1?

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