Are QB's & WR's scoring more TD's this year? (1 Viewer)

[texasbirdfan]

From a dynasty perspective, I try to fill my last slot or so with a player who of course is available in my league, but I have stocked up on QB's and WR's a bit more than I used to for running backs who have a short shelf life. Unfortunatly I pick last or next to last the last 5 years in the Spring draft of mostly rookies.

 

[KiddLattimer]

I dont think its so much that WRs are scoring more than ever, I think it is that far too many top line - and mid line - running backs have gone down with injuries, which blurs the hard line between stud RBs and the rest of the positions.

I would think they may be up this year, but no higher than back in Moss / Owens' hayday a few years back... before Moss quit on his teammates.

 

[reg]

Receiving (WRs):

YR TARG REC RECYD YD/REC FD RECTD FANT PT 2004 9263 5406 76162 14.09 3678 464 10554.40 2002 10105 5724 76024 13.28 3759 458 10299.30 2003 9605 5264 70497 13.39 3448 439 9520.45 2006 9576 5354 72591 13.56 3592 431 10029.25 2005 9853 5511 74039 13.43 3646 422 10105.75 2007 6871 4028 52892 13.13 2627 313 7254.25Passing:

YR	CMP	ATT	PYD	 Y/A   FD	PTD INT FANT PT 2004  9754   16288  114979  7.06  5554  723 517 8858.85 2002  10221  17087  115054  6.73  5627  679 517 9062.30 2006  9786   16358  112092  6.85  5494  643 507 8453.30 2003  9621   16330  108403  6.64  5297  643 530 8325.45 2005  9765   16411  111468  6.79  5470  639 505 8344.20 2007  7228   11678  81144   6.95  4057  471 370 6044.00

Not quite as high as 2004, but if things continue on this pace it will be close. Most people believe however that QB and WR numbers will start to drop a bit as the weather gets colder, so it should end up being an average year.

 

[thenipper]

Those stats aer pretty awesome. I thought for sure there were more passing TDs by a long way. The game sure seems to be more pass heavy watching it and more fun to watch this year.

I wonder if there are more RB receptions and TDs. Seems like there is more of that.

 

[Statcruncher]

Here are the league wide numbers throught he first 12 weeks of each season, sorry I couldn't get the formatting better. I've bolded the best year and italicized the worst. I assumed this was a huge passing year but after looking at the data it looks like a combo very good WR year and very bad RB year.

Year - Comp - Att - YPC - P Yards - P TD - INT - Rush - YPR - R Yards - R TD

2001 - 6691 - 11201 - 11.5 - 76676 - 452 - 744 - 9480 - 4.0 - 38102 - 248

2002 - 7264 - 11954 - 11.2 - 81539 - 488 - 730 - 9517 - 4.3 - 40484 - 316

2003 - 6747 - 11464 - 11.3 - 76381 - 449 - 749 - 9827 - 4.1 - 40423 - 281

2004 - 6735 - 11205 - 11.7 - 79046 - 487 - 675 - 9753 - 4.2 - 40696 - 283

2005 - 6779 - 11298 - 11.5 - 78204 - 459 - 686 - 9441 - 4.0 - 38093 - 284

2006 - 6804 - 11354 - 11.4 - 77534 - 448 - 694 - 9795 - 4.1 - 40155 - 277

2007 - 7238 - 11699 - 11.2 - 81298 - 474 - 740 - 9560 - 4.0 - 38344 - 262

 

[nygiants56]

Here are the league wide numbers throught he first 12 weeks of each season, sorry I couldn't get the formatting better. I've bolded the best year and italicized the worst. I assumed this was a huge passing year but after looking at the data it looks like a combo very good WR year and very bad RB year.

Year - Comp - Att - YPC - P Yards - P TD - INT - Rush - YPR - R Yards - R TD

2001 - 6691 - 11201 - 11.5 - 76676 - 452 - 744 - 9480 - 4.0 - 38102 - 248

2002 - 7264 - 11954 - 11.2 - 81539 - 488 - 730 - 9517 - 4.3 - 40484 - 316

2003 - 6747 - 11464 - 11.3 - 76381 - 449 - 749 - 9827 - 4.1 - 40423 - 281

2004 - 6735 - 11205 - 11.7 - 79046 - 487 - 675 - 9753 - 4.2 - 40696 - 283

2005 - 6779 - 11298 - 11.5 - 78204 - 459 - 686 - 9441 - 4.0 - 38093 - 284

2006 - 6804 - 11354 - 11.4 - 77534 - 448 - 694 - 9795 - 4.1 - 40155 - 277

2007 - 7238 - 11699 - 11.2 - 81298 - 474 - 740 - 9560 - 4.0 - 38344 - 262

great info!what was the trend following the 2004 season, did RB's return to the top spot again?