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Old 10-20-2009, 03:32 PM   #80
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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.
OK, then we're removing Collins' 42-yard pass completion and he had 33 yards on 13 pass attempts.
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