{"id":1104,"date":"2007-01-04T00:28:01","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T05:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/nfl-wild-card-breakdown\/"},"modified":"2007-01-04T00:28:01","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T05:28:01","slug":"nfl-wild-card-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/01\/nfl-wild-card-breakdown\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Wild-Card Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Center of the Handicapping Universe Joe Duffy\u2019s
\nGodsTips.com breaks down the statistical comparisons of the NFL wild-card round<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Chiefs-Colts<\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\ngets 4.1 more first downs per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Colts average 57.9 more total yards per game
\non offense, getting .8 more yards per play <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\naccumulates 23.8 more rushing yards per game, but Indy gets 81.8 more passing
\nyards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>KC has a .2 rushing yards per attempt edge, but
\nIndy gets in back by 1.07 passing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>On defense, KC has a small 3.4 yards per game
\nedge<\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Chiefs allow .3 less yards per play <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>KC\u2019s biggest defensive edge is in rushing yards
\nper game allowed by 52.9, but the Colts allow 49.1 fewer passing yards<\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Chiefs have a gigantic defensive superiority
\nin rushing yards per attempt by 1.2<\/o:p><\/p>\n
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Cowboys-Seattle <\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\ngets 1.5 more first downs per game on offense<\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Cowboys get 49.7 more total yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Cowboys have an impressive .9 more yards per
\nplay advantage on the offensive side of the ball<\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Pokes average 1.62 more passing yards per
\nattempt and complete 4.2 percent more of their pass attempts <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nallows 7.5 fewer yards per game on 23.1 rushing, though Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nhas the passing defensive edge at 15.6 yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nallows .7 fewer rushing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nallows .4 less passing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nhas a turnover ratio edge of 9<\/o:p><\/p>\n
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Jets-Patriots <\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>New England<\/st1:place> gets 2.6 more
\nfirst downs per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>New England<\/st1:place> gets 29.8
\nmore total yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Pats get .4 more rushing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Jets complete 2.3 higher percent of their
\npass attempts<\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>New England<\/st1:place> allows 2.9
\nfewer first downs per game and 37.3 fewer total yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Patriots have a defensive passing rate edge
\nof 2.6 percent<\/o:p><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>New England<\/st1:place>\u2019s turnover
\nratio is eight better<\/o:p><\/p>\n
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Giants-Eagles<\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\ngets 55.6 more total yards per game, though NYG<\/span> gets
\n10.8 more rushing yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Eagles average 1.0 more yards per play and
\n1.72 more passing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nallows 14.4 less total yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>NY allows 22 fewer rushing yards per game,
\nPhilly 36.4 fewer passing yards per game <\/o:p><\/p>\n
\u00b7
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>NY allows .5 less yards per rush, Philly .59
\nfewer passing yards per attempt <\/o:p><\/p>\n
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The Center of the Handicapping Universe Joe Duffy\u2019s GodsTips.com breaks down the statistical comparisons of the NFL wild-card round Chiefs-Colts \u00b7        Indianapolis gets 4.1 more first downs per game \u00b7        The Colts average 57.9 more total yards per game on offense, getting .8 more yards per play \u00b7        Kansas City accumulates 23.8 more rushing yards … Continue reading NFL Wild-Card Breakdown<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}