Do you know all about American Football

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Do you know all about American Football?

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The Popularity of American sports knows no
bounds, but many sports fans are not truly aware
of what all the American Football stats truly
mean. To judge a team based on their performance
and data one needs to have a clear understanding
of what the important terms mean in American
Football. Only field goals would not win the
game, be it any team that needs to be strong in
every aspect of the game than just scoring a
touchdown, it would not win them trophies.
While the scoreboard obviously holds a lot of
importance in the match, it would give you the
actual standing of the team at a moment and would
help in deciding who won the match as well in the
end but other statistics are just as important!
So, do you consider yourself a sports fanatic?
Put your knowledge to the test! Here are some of
the stats you can come across while you tune in
to the live football scores feed!
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Time of possession- A common statistic but often
overlooked by many. Possession as the word
suggests is how long can a team keep the ball
with them. Logically more possession has more
chances to score. Usually, the trend seen over
the years is the team that has the high
possession rate would win the match as they would
get more chances to score and the team that ends
the season with the most wins have an average of
a better possession time than other teams.
Sacks- Seems like a foreign term now? Well, a
sack is something that can happen when a
quarterback or an offensive player who is acting
as a passer is actually blocked behind the line
of scrimmage that is before he can toss a forward
pass. Do you know how this stat is useful?
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One of the strategies usually applied by the
teams is to make the life of the Quarterbacks
difficult and win matches easily. When a
Quarterback is attacked repeatedly their
confidence would go down as well. The most sack
ever recorded in NFL is seven which is a record
held by Derrick Thomas. Well, one thing is for
sure the opponent would remember the day for his
lifetime.
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Total offense and defense yards- When it comes to
American Football, one yard could be the
difference between the winning team and the
losing team. The past games can attest to the
statement as well, many matches have in the end
boiled down to 36 inches which have decided the
fate of the team in the competition. Don't
believe it? Search about Super Bowl XXXIV where
it was the last yard that made all the
difference! Mike Jones managed to stop Kevin
Dyson just one yard away from the goal line and
it became the defining moment for the winning
team while it crushed the heart of the other team
as well as millions of fans watching the game.
Quarterback rating- A fairly popular way of
rating the Quarterback's performance of late.
Their Passer rating is strategically calculated
taking into account their passes, yards,
touchdowns, interceptions, and completions. It is
usually done on a scale of 0 to 158.3 with the
former being the worst rating a QB can get and
158.3 being the best possible rating they can
receive.
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Turnovers are one of the most important stats in
the American football data feed. It is the worst
thing a player can do in the middle of the game.
Turnovers mean handing the ball over to the other
team, like losing a fumble or throwing an
interception in their direction. It is a
sure-shot way to lose a match. But what could be
worse than handing the ball to the other team?
They can convert the turnover successfully in the
same play. Thus, there are also stats like
fumbles recovered for TDs. 
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Now even if you did not know the terms before you
know them now and can track the performance of
the team yourself by reading all the data. Did
you know how who collects all such data? There
are a number of sports data providers in the
market, Data Sports Group is one such company
that offers detailed American football coverage.
The American football XML data is integrated with
other sports platforms seamlessly to ensure data
flow is easy. If such information has intrigued
you, read our other blogs to get a better
understanding of our offerings, or just contact
our team.
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