To start, let’s contextualize those 43.4 average points scored across 108 NFL games in 2022. Why is scoring down in the NFL this season? (Erick Parra Monroy/Yahoo Sports) Teams are in ‘discovery phase’ We asked: Are 2022 NFL offenses worse? Are this year’s defenses better? And how much of that stems from player skills, coaching influence and/or expected league trends? Further data from the league’s analytics department helped sort through questions. Speaking with NFL head coaches, players and team decision-making staff members, a series of theories emerged. Yahoo Sports has sought to identify the myriad contributing factors. “Every statistical look that we’ve made, I’m not sure that we’ve found a good answer.” “We’ve looked at it in a lot of different ways,” NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay, also the Atlanta Falcons president/CEO, said at the league’s fall meeting this month. And through seven weeks of play, the 43.4 average total points per game marks the lowest output the NFL has seen since 2010. “I think there’s a lot of bad football from what I watch,” Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady said bluntly Oct. And alas, viewers are “treated” to the Indianapolis Colts’ 12-9 overtime win over the Denver Broncos, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 19-3 Sunday Night Football takedown of the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers’ 24-9 dismantling of the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Commanders’ 12-7 escape from the Chicago Bears.
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