The 49ers Are The Best In Football's Most Important Stat

For decades, the battle to win football games has pivoted on the battle to win the passing game. The connection between winning and net passing yards per pass play — that is, outgaining your opponent on passing yards minus sack yards lost per pass play — has been well known in football circles since the 1960s, when it was introduced to the world by the late Bud Goode, a TV executive with a passion for math and statistics who shared his work with a number of teams and coaches. The statistic, along with turnover differential, is one of the most predictive of success in football.

By net passing yards per pass play alone, the San Francisco 49ers, not the New England Patriots, are the best team in football. After their 20-7 demolition of Jared Goff and the Rams on Sunday in Los Angeles, their performance, according to the metric, is at a level of excellence rarely seen in the NFL over a full season.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-49ers-are-the-best-in-footballs-most-important-stat/

Nice find bad guy. Plus I'm sure if the patriots play the same teams we did they would be a lot worse on defense.

Even Pittsburgh where they shut them down, the Niners turnovers or I should say self-inflicted turnovers that were unforced really helped them get four more possessions

Originally posted by elguapo:
Nice find bad guy. Plus I'm sure if the patriots play the same teams we did they would be a lot worse on defense.

Even Pittsburgh where they shut them down, the Niners turnovers or I should say self-inflicted turnovers that were unforced really helped them get four more possessions

Yeah, their schedule has been ridiculously easy. Things start to open up for them next week.