Someone made the argument that "the NFL has changed," and pointed to the several QBs with 5000+ passing yards in 2011, and the monster seasons by a couple TEs. I'm curious what people think about that. Are we seeing the beginning of a major shift toward passing in the NFL? Or was 2011 just a blip? Specifically, how many QBs will exceed 5000 yards in 2012? How many TEs will exceed 90/1000/9+?
Two immediate research questions that jump out at me are:
(1) How did the total number of passing yards in 2011 compare to prior seasons? It's all well and good to point to a few QBs with big passing totals, but in assessing whether a sea change is taking place, I'm more impressed if the total passing yards increased by a meaningful %.
(2) How did the total number of WR and TE receiving yards change from prior seasons? Did all TEs and WRs improve? Or just a select few?
I'm looking forward to the discussion on this.
Two immediate research questions that jump out at me are:
(1) How did the total number of passing yards in 2011 compare to prior seasons? It's all well and good to point to a few QBs with big passing totals, but in assessing whether a sea change is taking place, I'm more impressed if the total passing yards increased by a meaningful %.
(2) How did the total number of WR and TE receiving yards change from prior seasons? Did all TEs and WRs improve? Or just a select few?
I'm looking forward to the discussion on this.