NFL explosive fouls impact top leagues in league

The NFL's fouls continue to explode as the season approaches mid-term. In Week 6, there was a total of 504 touchdowns and 4,489 points scored, making up the largest number of NFL history in the first six weeks of the season.

As the offenses become more and more serious, the semi-final position has evolved. It's almost an obligation for semi-finalists to catch passes and become multi-dimensional players. Los Angeles midfielder Todd Gurley leads the league with touchdowns, nine on the ground and two in the air. Last season, Gurley had 13 running and 6 receiving ratings. He is well on his way to exceeding his totals in 2017 (career highs), but he used to contribute to the match in the race and as a receiver. Sidebacks account for 7 of 12 leaders among 12 NFL floor-scoring and 11 of the top 20.

But apart from the half-casts contributing to the pass, how does the position change? Is the performance of more than 100 yards more difficult to find? Of the top 10 in the race since 1999, only three have been in the past nine seasons. Seven performances have been recorded since 2010 for the 20 best performances of this year.

More than 100 rushing yards per week

We've looked at the number of performances over 100 yards on the ground since 1956 to analyze how things are going, even though the offenses are scoring more and producing more yards than ever before.

Adrian Peterson claims eight of the hundred best performances (in terms of yards in a game) since 1999. And although a total of more than 2,337 performances have been recorded since 1999, the average number of matches of 100 yards per week has been in down since about 2005.

In six weeks this season, there were 32 games with a rider over 100 yards, which gave the league an average pace of 5.33 games per week on average. This is slightly above the 2017 average (5.05), but below the 2010-2016 average.

2017 c. 2002

Kareem Hunt, Gurley and Le'Veon Bell were the top three NFL runners (respectively) in terms of rushing yards in 2017.

So how does this compare to the first three halves in 2002, for example?

In 2002, Ricky Williams (1,853 rushing yards), LaDanian Tomlinson (1,683 rushing yards) and Holmes (1,615 rushing yards) were the top three defensemen of the NFL. They had a lot more yards on the ground than the top three in 2017. But while the 2017 group averaged 632.6 yards and 3.6 touchdowns this season, the 2002 trio averaged 508 yards and , 6 touches that year.

Nevertheless, the top backs of 2002 had a total total yards higher than 2017 and the additional receiving yards of today's backs are not yet large enough to match what the backsters have managed to achieve in the past. of the last decades.

The best half-feet 2018

Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott and Melvin Gordon have been the leaders in the standings for six weeks this season. Gurley has 623 rushing yards, nine floor scores, 247 rushing yards, two touchdowns, 1,661 rushing yards, 659 rushing yards and 29 absurd scores. Elliott has 586 rushing yards, three race scores, 166 rushing yards and a touchdown. This extrapolates to 1,562 rushing yards, 443 rushing yards and 11 scores. As for Gordon, he has 466 rushing yards, six floor scores, 279 rushing yards and three touchdowns. That puts him on the pace for 1,243 yards rushing, 744 receiving yards and 24 total scores.

The NFL is changing – that's why Bell stays at home while trying to convince the Steelers that it's worth more than a traditional running back. There is no clear idea of ​​what's better or worse: let the demi-lions have more control over the game or let the quarterbacks let him go. Although the mistakes are clear, more than ever, with the help of the halves and to win a huge success (sorry fans of Titans, Bills and Cardinals, this is not so true for your mistakes).

As NFL offenses evolve, the same goes for defeat.