Total Passing yards week 1 2011 vs week 1 2012 (1 Viewer)

[SameSongNDance]

Everyone ignored my post = /. No one else noticed that the gap between the performances this first week were MUCH smaller than last years?

 

[cstu]

Everyone ignored my post = /. No one else noticed that the gap between the performances this first week were MUCH smaller than last years?

Nope, saw it which is why I asked David about the SD.

 

[David Yudkin]

Everyone ignored my post = /. No one else noticed that the gap between the performances this first week were MUCH smaller than last years?

Nope, saw it which is why I asked David about the SD.

Yes, the range was broader last year, but as I said earlier, how often are we going to see QBs throwing for 400 or 500 yards?Looking at one of my leagues, last year 2 QBs had 40 point weeks and 5 others had 30+ in Week 1. The range from QB1 to QB12 was 47 to 25. This year (so far), only one QB scored 40 and 3 others had 30+. The scoring range from QB1 to QB12 was 40 to 22.No matter how you slice it, a one week sample is pretty much not worth a whole heck of a lot.My justification for taking a QB early in drafts was that the track record of the top scoring QBs over the last few years shows that their ppg advantage against the bottom half of fantasty QB starters makes them worth their pick . . . whether the top QB throws for 5500 yards or 4200 yards. That's based over several years, not one week of games. We will have to wait and see how things play out over the rest of the season, but history has shown that Brady and Rodgers are not going in the tank and most of the other guys that had big first games will revert more to their normal totals.

 

[SameSongNDance]

Everyone ignored my post = /. No one else noticed that the gap between the performances this first week were MUCH smaller than last years?

Nope, saw it which is why I asked David about the SD.

Yup, the averages don't even begin to tell the full story. It truly looks like everyone is playing at the same level, at least statistically in comparison to last year. Of course, saying this after only week one would be jumping the gun but if the trend continues the "elite" QBs were very much overvalued.