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Old 10-19-2009, 10:18 PM   #52
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Re: How many starting RBs are worse than Portis?

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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33 View Post
Because when you're doing a statistical breakdown to look at what a true average is, you often throw out statistical anomalies, like 78 yd runs. If you want to throw out his worst run, we'll throw out a -5 and Portis will still average about 3.5 YPA.

GTripp is much better at explaining the theories behind stats than I am, I'm sure he'll chime in.
Then throw it out for all the other backs in the league and compare their stats.
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