Showing posts with label NFL Black Box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL Black Box. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Week 8 Picks

Week 8 Picks, Stats & Fantasy
Week 7 Picks, Stats & Fantasy
Week 6 Picks, Stats & Fantasy
Week 5 Picks, Stats & Fantasy
Week 4 Picks & Stats
Week 3 Picks & Stats
Week 2 Picks & Stats
Week 1 Picks & Stats

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More picks are up now (10:30am), all will be up by tonight.
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Almost all of the games are up. Fantasy and stats will be up tonight.

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Everything is up. Including a donation button on the top right of the blog if you've had some luck with the predictions, if the fantasy projections put you at the top of your league, or if you just want to say thanks.


A match-up analysis to follow...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Week 5 Results

It was an OK week, nothing special. Straight up did well at 10-4 (71.4%). BAL and BUF losses were huge surprises, as was the SF loss against ATL, 45-10. Didn't see that one coming. ATS was in profit territory at 7-6 (53.9%). Totals had an off week at 6-6 (50.0%).

Monday Night Matchup Review
Henne really surprised me, throwing a very impressive 20/26 (76.9%), 9.3 yds/att, 2 TDs and 0 INT. NFLSim NAILED Mark Sanchez. NFLSim projection: 14/24, 175 yards, 7.4 yds/att, 1.5 TDs, 0.9 INT, rating of 87. Actual stats: 12/24, 172 yards, 7.2 yds/att, 1 TD, 0 INT, rating of 87.5. How awesome is that??? Rating to within 0.5. Rushing stats weren't as close but they were still pretty good.


Fantasy Review
NFLSim Top 5 QBs (Actual Rank / Yards / TDs / Ints):
1. Peyton Manning (4 / 309 yards / 3 TD/ 1 INT)
2. Donovan McNabb (3 / 264 / 3 / 0)
3. Ben Roethlisberger (7 / 277 / 3 / 1)
4. Matt Schaub (5 / 371 / 2 / 1)
5. Matt Hasselbeck (2 / 241 / 4 / 0)
Average: (292 / 3 / 0.6)
That's 22 Yahoo! points.

NFLSim Top 5 Defenses (Actual Rank / Points allowed / Turnovers / Defensive TDs):
1. Baltimore Ravens (4 / 17 / 2 / 1)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (7 / 14 / 3 / 0)
3. Minnesota Vikings (2 / 10 / 4 / 1)
4. Denver Broncos (20 / 17 / 1 / 0)
5. New York Giants (5 / 7 / 3 / 0)
Average: (13 / 2.6 / 0.4)
12 Points for Defense, not too shabby.

This week's lesson: you don't need to use the predictions but the Fantasy projections are money.




Results


STRAIGHT UP


CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
2
2
100.0%
60-69
7
5
71.4%
70-79
3
1
33.3%
80-89
2
2
100.0%
90-100
0
0
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TOTAL
14
10
71.4%




ATS



CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
8
4
50.0%
60-69
3
2
66.7%
70-79
1
0
0.0%
80-89
1
1
100.0%
90-100
0
0
---
TOTAL
13
7
53.9%




O/U



CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
5
3
60.0%
60-69
4
1
25.0%
70-79
1
1
100.0%
80-89
2
1
50.0%
90-100
0
0
---
TOTAL
12
6
50.0%

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Week 5 Picks

Week 5 Picks, Stats & Fantasy
Week 4 Picks & Stats
Week 3 Picks & Stats
Week 2 Picks & Stats
Week 1 Picks & Stats

Sim Capper: Now with Fantasy!
Go to the "Fantasy Projections" sheet to check out how NFLSim ranks the teams based on their fantasy performance. Last week went well. If you're on the fence about a position, check out the rankings and projected points to make up your mind.

***Full stat tables and Fantasy Ranks will go up as soon as all of the games have been simulated***

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Stats and fantasy are up, Seattle doesn't seem to be in any rush...
NFL.com ranked their QBs pretty much the same as NFLSim, that's pretty cool.
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***Fixed the Fantasy defense rankings***
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Watch out for the totals this week, the scores are running a little high.
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Monday Night Matchup
NYJ -1.5 at MIA, 36.5
I don't care what anyone says, I still like the Dolphins. Both teams are going to have an extremely lackluster passing game with Sanchez and Henne at their helms. Sanchez with an impressive 4 TDs and 5 INTs on the season; Henne with his second start ever. NFLSim has them pretty much even in terms of stats - same attempts, completion percentage, average TDs... The only difference being Sanchez's comparatively impressive 7.4 yds/att compared to Henne's 5.4. Don't look for much in the air, but the Jets should have the advantage. The difference will be the Wildcat offense; Miami dominates in all simulated rushing categories, including a projected 175 yards to New York's 102. That's not too hard to believe, considering last week against Buffalo, Ronnie Brown and (hook 'em) Ricky Williams ran for a combined 250 yards, averaging 5.6 yds/att, with a sexy 3 TDs. Even better, this is an AFC East rivalry, so anything can happen. The Jets are sure to get a boost when they leave that sh*tty NY weather for some awesome south Florida sunshine. Me and NFLSim are still on the Wildcat bandwagon: MIA to win, 63%; MIA cover +1.5, 64%; good chance the score is OVER 36.5, 85%.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Week 2 Results

NFLSim had another great week- even greater because it was only the second week of the season. Straight up picks went 9-7 (56.3%) overall. On the surface that's pretty disappointing, but check out how those wins are distributed within the confidence intervals. 50% confidence picks went 5-4 (55.6%) and 60% confidence picks went 3-2 (60%). Missed the 70% game (MIA over IND), that goes down as the most disappointing game of the week :(. The 80% game, DEN over CLE went pretty well.

The picks against the spread had another amazing week. Mia +4 was a tie so I left it out. Overall ATS went 10-5 (66.7%). 50% confidence games went 3-3 (50%), 60% confidence games went 3-1 (75%), 70% confidence games went 4-1 (80%). Come on. You can't argue with that.


That being said, O/U picks were a total debacle at 5-10 (33.3%). NFLSim was 50-50 on the PHI-NO O/U.


More analysis under the numbers...



STRAIGHT UP


CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
9
5
55.56%
60-69
5
3
60.00%
70-79
1
0
0.00%
80-89
1
1
100.00%
90-100
0
0
---
TOTAL
16
9
56.25%




ATS



CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
6
3
50.00%
60-69
4
3
75.00%
70-79
5
4
80.00%
80-89
0
0
---
90-100
0
0
---
TOTAL
15
10
66.67%




O/U



CONFIDENCE
GAMES
CORRECT
% CORRECT
50-59
9
4
44.44%
60-69
5
1
20.00%
70-79
1
0
0.00%
80-89
0
0
---
90-100
0
0
---
TOTAL
15
5
33.33%

Best game of the week: HOU +7 to win straight up against TEN at 54%... there's a moneymaker.
     Runner up: NYJ +4 to win straight up against NE at 67%... take THAT Brady.
Game I cried after: IND at MIA... I wanted it as much for Miami as I wanted it for me.
The game that no one saw coming: CIN beat GB... huh?
Worst pick of the week: JAX -3.5 ...

Last week's 'CLE at DEN' analysis predicted a fairly even match up with the expectation that DEN would take control on the ground and in the red zone. Buckhalter and Moreno took 76 and 75 yards a piece, with a TD for Buckhalter. Denver went 2-4 in the red zone w/ 2 TDs, Cleveland went 0-1. Denver dominated the air for most of the game.

Stay tuned for more predictions, more analyses, and more surprises next week!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Week 2 Picks

Got an early start this week. This week's spreadsheet can be found at...

Week 2 Picks & Stats
Week 1 Picks & Stats

I add games as the week goes by, so keep checking back!
During the course of the week, if the line changes by at least 1 point I'll redo the sim. Anything less than that only changes the % by 1 or 2 pts. I'll let everyone know of the change when it happens. When I info to the post, I'll separate them at the bottom with '---'.

 Watch out for the NE NYJ game... NYJ to win at 67%. I simulated twice to be sure. The numbers make sense, but Brady is a wild card.
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The rest of the stats will be up a little later, Friday at the very latest.

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Most of the stats are up.

CLE at DEN
Check out the Denver game! I don't think I've ever seen such a mismatch. DEN averaging 26 and CLE averaging 11 points. This is the first 70+% straight up game of the season... it's the first 80+%, too. Their passing games are pretty even. It looks like it really came down to the run game. Oddly enough, they perfectly matched each other in rush yds and carries, but on average, DEN scored 1 more rushing TD than CLE. 1.5 to 0.6. Sounds like red zone efficiency to me. Watch Buckhalter and Moreno destroy Cleveland's 32nd ranked run defense.

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Alright, everything is up for the week. It looks like NFLSim went a little wild this weekend with its predictions. I'm going to chalk it up to the small amount of stats to work with. Then again, last week's predictions were a bit counter-intuitive and they worked out pretty nicely. Use these picks at your own discretion, don't rely on them for anything too important. Next week we'll be in business fo' sho'.

There's a 2nd 70+% straight up game: MIA over IND, who'da thunk it. In both passing and rushing, Miami was able to score more touchdowns.

Then again, there are some experts at ESPN and other sports news outlets that agree with some of the more eccentric picks...

Week 1 Results

NFLSim did much better than I had expected, despite using preseason stats in the simulation. My interpretation: preseason numbers actually give a rough idea of the skill of the team but don't give a good representation of the stats that the teams can put up. Though luck is always a possibility.

I'm very happy with these results. Straight-up games demonstrated the same perfect percentage phenomenon as they have for the past 2 seasons. 50% confidence games went 6-5 (54.6%), just as they were supposed to. 60% confidence games were 5-0 (100%), can't complain there. ATS games also did very well at 11-5 (68.8%). 80% confidence games were 2-0 (100%). The 70% games didn't do as well at 1-3 (25%), one of those losses was off by 1 pt if it's any consolation. Also, of the 3 picks where the prediction was for the favorite to cover the spread, all 3 were correct. O/U picks just flat-out did poorly at 6-10 (37.5%). Can't seem to figure out why from the results of the predictions. Detailed results are below (and in the Week 1 spreadsheet):



STRAIGHT UP
CONFIDENCE GAMES CORRECT % CORRECT
50-59 11 6 54.55%
60-69 5 5 100.00%
70-79 0 0 ---
80-89 0 0 ---
90-100 0 0 ---
TOTAL 16 11 68.75%
ATS
CONFIDENCE GAMES CORRECT % CORRECT
50-59 4 3 75.00%
60-69 6 5 83.33%
70-79 4 1 25.00%
80-89 2 2 100.00%
90-100 0 0 ---
TOTAL 16 11 68.75%
O/U
CONFIDENCE  GAMES  CORRECT     % CORRECT
50-59 8 2 25.00%
60-69 8 4 50.00%
70-79 0 0 ---
80-89 0 0 ---
90-100 0 0 ---
TOTAL 16 6 37.50%


Best pick of the week: SF at ARI -6.5 ... SF picked to win at 65% ... nice
Runner up: BUF at NE -11 ... BUF +11 at 80%
 Most disappointing pick of the week: BUF over NE at 54% ... oh well
Worst pick of the week: DEN at CIN over 42.5 ... yikes

For the most part, the stats looked pretty good for a general idea of how the teams performed. Since the stats are based on the averages of hundreds of simulated games, they are exactly that - a general idea. You can't expect them to be perfectly accurate for all of the teams, but you can expect an overall trending to those numbers. Then again, sometimes NFLSim gets pretty close. Like the Arizona run game.

NFLSim: 15 attempts for 54 yards, averaging 3.6 yards per attempt, longest run of 16.5 yards. Probably no touchdown, probably no fumble. Real game: 17 att for 40 yds, 2.4 yds/att, long of 15 yds, no TD, no fum.

Or how about the Browns' Game Stats; NFLSim: 17.6 pts, 54.8 plays, 268.6 yds, 4.9 yds/play. Real game: 20 pts, 60 plays, 268.0 yds, 4.5 yds/play. Holy crap! NFLSim was 0.6 yards away from the actual total yards!


That's all the analysis for this week. If you see something you like or something you don't like, or if you just want to say hi, feel free to email me at simcapper@gmail.com.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Week 1 Picks

Ok, I couldn't resist. Here some week 1 picks. These are based on preseason data, they are for fun only. I don't recommend using these for monetary purposes

This spreadsheet holds all of the picks and stats in nice, easy-to-read tables. If it doesn't work or if a different format makes more sense, let me know. Keep checking back because this sheet will be updated throughout the week. If you don't see a game up on Wednesday, check it again on Friday.

(The picks are highlighted, everything else is for your fantasy team)
Week 1 Stats & Picks



Again, this is based on preseason data which is not a good indicator of the regular season.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Update 2

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All of the website urls (blackboxsports.blogspot.com, nflblackbox.blogspot.com, nbablackbox.blogspot.com) still work and will still take you where you want to go. But now the main Black Box Sports site can be accessed by the url www.simcapper.com.

The new email is simcapper@gmail.com.

Jonathan
The Sim Capper

Monday, August 10, 2009

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

2008 Season Results

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These results from last year, excluding weeks 1 and 2, which there wasn't enough data for. It's broken into 3 sections: Straight up Winner, Against the Spread, and Over/Under. I broke down the approximately 200 games into 5 intervals, each interval representing a confidence spread of 10%. When you see 96 games in the 50-59% interval, that means of the 200+- games NFLSim picked, 96 games fell in the confidence interval of 50-59%. Likewise, 70 games had winners predicted as 60-69% favorites (in the straight-up category). To the left of the 'Games' column is the 'Correct' column. That is simply the number of NFLSim's correct picks in that interval. Accuracy is the percentage of time that NFLSim correctly picked a game in that interval.

1. Straight up Winner
NFLSim was absolutely phenomenal when it came to picking the winner. At first glance, you see the season record at 139-70 (66.5%). That's nothing special until you take a deeper look at the statistics.

Straight-up % Interval Wins Games Win %

50-59% 61 96 63.5%

60-69 45 70 64.3

70-79 27 36 75

80-89 4 5 8

90-100 2 2 1

Total 139 209 66.5

First, lets take a look at the 'expected number of wins' for each interval. In the 50-59% interval, it can be expected that after a large number of games, 55% of those games should be picked correctly(the mid-point of the 50's). In the 60-69% interval, 65% should be picked correctly, and so on. The closer NFLSim's number of correct picks is to the expected number of correct picks, the better NFLSim approximates reality. This is very important, because if you know the exact probability of a team winning, you automatically know if Vegas' payout makes for a good bet or a bad bet. The closer that the predicted probability is to the actual probability, the smarter your bets are. The smarter your bets, the more $ you make! (This is the basis for the Bet Optimization Algorithm.... which is new and much improved this year.)

If we take a look at the first interval, 50-59%, 96 games took place. In theory, you should expect that 55% of those teams predicted to win should actually win. 55% of 96 games, 55% * 96, equals an expected number of wins of 53. NFLSim actually picked 61 winners, so it beat the expected number of wins by 8. This is great because it picked more winners than it was supposed to, but it was pretty far from the expected number of wins. From 60% on is where it gets very, very interesting. NFLSim reaches near theoretical perfection - the probability given by NFLSim is the actual probability that the team will win!!! If anyone has seen this feat achieved by anyone else please let me know.

Here is a table of expected numbers of wins:


Expected Correct Actual Correct
50-59% 53 61
60-69 46 45
70-79 27 27
80-89 4 4
90-100 2 2
Total 132 139


In the graph: Red is what should have happened, Blue is what did happen.



Now that I've gone through the whole explanation of the stats, I'll skip straight to the numbers.

2. ATS

ATS didn't do as well as straight-up. Looks like it was pretty close to a flip of a coin. The right team would win by the wrong score. I would hate to tamper with the program when the straight-up accuracy is so reliable after 209 games. I'll probably just stop posting ATS until I can fix it up.

ATS % Interval Wins Games Win %

50-59 37 86 43

60-69 46 78 59

70-79 18 33 54.5

80-89 0 3 0

90-100 1 1 100

Total 102 201 50.7


Exp. Correct Actual Correct
50-59% 47 37
60-69 51 46
70-79 25 18
80-89 3 0
90-100 1 1
Total 127 102


Interestingly, the slope of the trend line is almost what it should be. Had 1 of the 80% games won, it would be almost perfect (albeit far lower than it should be). That suggests that all I may need to do is to add/subtract from the calculated probability to arrive at the true probability... interesting. There is back testing to be done!

3. Over/Under
Finally, if you haven't gone to sleep yet, here are the O/U stats. O/U actually did much better than I expected. It performed much better than the ATS and its accuracy approached the expected accuracy.

Over/Under % Interval Wins Games O/U Win %

50-59 77 145 53.1

60-69 30 48 62.5

70-79 3 6 50

80-89 2 3 66.7

90-100 2 2 100

Total 114 204 55.9

Exp. Correct Actual Correct
50-59% 80 77
60-69 31 30
70-79 5 3
80-89 3 2
90-100 2 2
Total 121 114

O/U actually performed very well compared to what was expected. And hell, at 56% accuracy, you'll be making money anyway.












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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Week 15: Start 'em, Sit 'em

To celebrate the end of finals, here's some fantasy advice.

QB:
Start 'em
1. Payton Manning, IND
2. Donovan McNabb, PHI
3. Kurt Warner, ARI
4. Philip Rivers, SD
5. Chad Pennington, MIA

Sit 'em
1. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
2. Derek Anderson, CLE
3. Carson Palmer, CIN
4. Joe Flacco, BAL
5. Matt Hasselbeck, SEA

RB:
Start 'em
1. Michael Turner, ATL
2. DeAngelo Williams, CAR
3. Chris Johnson, TEN
4. Clinton Portis, WAS
5. Thomas Jones, NYJ

Sit 'em
1. Frank Gore, SF
2. Edgerrin James, ARI
3. Kevin Smith, DET
4. Pierre Thomas, NO
5. Jamal Lewis, CLE

Defense:
Start 'em
1. MIA
2. PHI
3. WAS
4. IND
5. ATL

Sit 'em
1. DET
2. CLE
3. DEN
4. SF
5. BUF

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Week 12: Fantasy Stats

Here are the passing, rushing, and defensive stats for all of the teams, along with a few extra stats. Hopefully, this will help with those tough fantasy decisions.

PASSING
PASS YDS PASS TD INT QB RATING
Arizona Cardinals 235.2 1.86 0.95 97.3
Atlanta Falcons 170.2 1.46 0.65 90.5
Baltimore Ravens 170.4 1.26 0.67 87.7
Buffalo Bills 221.6 1.70 1.06 94.5
Carolina Panthers 174.7 1.39 0.81 83.7
Chicago Bears 211.5 1.67 0.60 93.6
Cincinnati Bengals 165.0 1.20 0.91 79.5
Cleveland Browns 213.5 1.85 0.66 91.9
Dallas Cowboys 197.8 1.55 0.88 89.9
Denver Broncos 215.9 1.62 1.12 88.0
Detroit Lions 196.9 1.48 1.10 80.9
Green Bay Packers 218.1 1.81 0.66 93.5
Houston Texans 236.5 2.01 1.31 92.7
Indianapolis Colts 241.3 1.72 0.68 93.8
Jacksonville Jaguars 190.4 1.49 0.51 97.1
Kansas City Chiefs 194.1 1.64 0.55 90.6
Miami Dolphins 221.0 1.99 0.70 103.1
Minnesota Vikings 178.6 1.46 0.90 86.2
New England Patriots 206.6 1.62 0.61 94.4
New Orleans Saints 220.6 2.01 1.04 90.5
New York Giants 192.3 1.53 0.80 89.5
New York Jets 195.1 1.42 1.22 82.9
Oakland Raiders 176.5 1.36 0.48 89.1
Philadelphia Eagles 223.3 1.81 1.18 81.2
Pittsburgh Steelers 172.7 1.47 0.75 92.3
San Diego Chargers 225.0 1.85 0.95 100.5
San Francisco 49ers 178.4 1.49 0.74 88.5
Seattle Seahawks 154.3 1.17 0.79 76.5
St. Louis Rams 181.9 1.59 0.88 87.8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 227.5 1.98 0.49 102.9
Tennessee Titans 181.9 1.50 0.65 92.0
Washington Redskins 213.9 1.65 0.35 102.5

RUSHING
RUSH YDS RUSH TD FUM
Arizona Cardinals 71.7 0.85 0.17
Atlanta Falcons 152.8 1.37 0.34
Baltimore Ravens 142.0 1.30 0.53
Buffalo Bills 127.7 1.25 0.59
Carolina Panthers 129.1 1.00 0.19
Chicago Bears 112.9 0.95 0.30
Cincinnati Bengals 62.5 0.52 0.39
Cleveland Browns 113.9 0.90 0.37
Dallas Cowboys 101.6 0.85 0.44
Denver Broncos 101.4 1.07 0.44
Detroit Lions 81.9 0.73 0.44
Green Bay Packers 96.0 0.96 0.49
Houston Texans 120.3 1.26 0.44
Indianapolis Colts 61.1 0.63 0.09
Jacksonville Jaguars 103.2 0.98 0.54
Kansas City Chiefs 99.5 1.12 0.36
Miami Dolphins 115.7 1.21 0.35
Minnesota Vikings 132.1 1.20 0.47
New England Patriots 100.2 0.84 0.34
New Orleans Saints 90.7 1.15 0.44
New York Giants 134.1 1.10 0.64
New York Jets 104.4 0.88 0.63
Oakland Raiders 146.0 1.24 0.59
Philadelphia Eagles 73.9 0.65 0.19
Pittsburgh Steelers 118.3 1.25 0.36
San Diego Chargers 110.3 1.15 0.23
San Francisco 49ers 97.9 0.86 0.70
Seattle Seahawks 115.1 1.04 0.38
St. Louis Rams 102.4 0.89 0.40
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 128.9 1.39 0.45
Tennessee Titans 124.1 1.27 0.42
Washington Redskins 130.4 1.32 0.29

DEFENSE YDS ALLOWED PTS ALLOWED TURNOVERS
Arizona Cardinals 326.4 21.9 0.01
Atlanta Falcons 303.8 20.4 -0.05
Baltimore Ravens 297.2 21.0 0.08
Buffalo Bills 293.6 22.0 -0.35
Carolina Panthers 323.0 22.6 0.05
Chicago Bears 284.4 20.1 0.50
Cincinnati Bengals 291.0 22.4 0.06
Cleveland Browns 356.8 26.8 0.45
Dallas Cowboys 276.3 20.1 -0.34
Denver Broncos 322.5 20.9 -0.88
Detroit Lions 356.5 26.0 -0.84
Green Bay Packers 311.4 25.1 0.63
Houston Texans 327.4 22.2 -0.45
Indianapolis Colts 335.3 23.7 0.41
Jacksonville Jaguars 310.7 22.2 0.01
Kansas City Chiefs 349.3 23.8 0.35
Miami Dolphins 306.8 19.6 -0.25
Minnesota Vikings 293.6 19.9 -0.01
New England Patriots 336.7 25.3 0.25
New Orleans Saints 314.1 22.8 -0.63
New York Giants 306.8 23.0 -0.01
New York Jets 306.0 23.5 -0.45
Oakland Raiders 317.3 21.5 0.88
Philadelphia Eagles 312.4 20.2 -0.08
Pittsburgh Steelers 227.4 15.1 -0.06
San Diego Chargers 302.3 20.2 -0.41
San Francisco 49ers 299.4 20.1 0.34
Seattle Seahawks 344.3 24.1 -0.63
St. Louis Rams 324.4 21.4 -0.50
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 278.8 18.3 0.84
Tennessee Titans 299.5 19.7 0.45
Washington Redskins 269.5 20.0 0.63


YDS/PASS YDS/PLAY YDS/PT QB RATING
Arizona Cardinals 8.0 5.5 13.4 97.3
Atlanta Falcons 7.1 5.3 14.3 90.5
Baltimore Ravens 7.1 5.0 15.5 87.7
Buffalo Bills 7.6 5.3 14.6 94.5
Carolina Panthers 6.4 4.9 14.9 83.7
Chicago Bears 7.0 4.9 15.1 93.6
Cincinnati Bengals 5.7 3.7 15.0 79.5
Cleveland Browns 7.1 5.5 14.7 91.9
Dallas Cowboys 7.3 5.2 14.9 89.9
Denver Broncos 7.3 5.4 14.8 88.0
Detroit Lions 6.8 5.0 15.2 80.9
Green Bay Packers 7.0 5.0 13.8 93.5
Houston Texans 7.3 5.6 13.3 92.7
Indianapolis Colts 6.9 4.8 14.9 93.8
Jacksonville Jaguars 7.4 4.9 14.8 97.1
Kansas City Chiefs 6.6 5.0 13.4 90.6
Miami Dolphins 8.0 5.5 13.3 103.1
Minnesota Vikings 6.9 5.1 14.0 86.2
New England Patriots 7.0 4.7 15.6 94.4
New Orleans Saints 7.2 5.5 12.4 90.5
New York Giants 6.8 5.1 14.9 89.5
New York Jets 6.5 4.7 15.2 82.9
Oakland Raiders 6.5 5.1 15.4 89.1
Philadelphia Eagles 6.3 4.7 14.1 81.2
Pittsburgh Steelers 7.1 4.7 13.0 92.3
San Diego Chargers 8.1 5.6 14.2 100.5
San Francisco 49ers 6.6 4.6 13.8 88.5
Seattle Seahawks 5.9 4.7 13.4 76.5
St. Louis Rams 6.8 5.0 14.2 87.8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7.3 5.4 13.7 102.9
Tennessee Titans 7.0 5.0 13.0 92.0
Washington Redskins 7.4 5.1 14.3 102.5

Monday, November 17, 2008

NFLSim Stats vs. Actual NFL Stats

I'm sure everyone's curious to see how NFLSim actually compares to real life. These are the overall results so far. First, I'll post the comparison of NFLSim averages to NFL averages. Later, I'll post a team-by-team comparison to see how well it works on a smaller scale. I'm only going to focus on the main stats: passing, rushing, and game stats. I'll put up my average alongside the real stats. When you average the stats from all of the teams, the total offensive averages are the same as the defensive averages.

Many stats are very close to reality, some aren't as close. I know many of you out there are interested in sports statistics and many are interested in fantasy football, so this is for you guys. NFLSim is good, but it's not perfect. This is an opportunity for everyone to get a better understanding of what it does as well as for myself to make improvements.

I encourage everyone to email other NFL simulators to find out how they're doing, then post that over here for a comparison. If you're going to be following their models, you should know how those models actually perform.

These numbers tell me that for the most part, everything is going very well. Some changes I need to make include: more passes, decrease the average rush yards, decrease fumble %, and adjust 3rd down play selection. No major changes, just little tweaks. Otherwise, things are going swimmingly. Send me some feedback, I'd like to hear what everyone thinks.

PASSING

ATT/GAME NFLSim NFL
Average 27.2 32.4



COMP/G

Average 17.0 19.8



COMP %

Average 62.3% 61.3%



YDS/G

Average 192.2 212.9



YDS/PASS

Average 7.06 6.97
PASS TD/G



Average 1.60 1.30



INT/G

Average 0.79 0.90



SACK/G

Average 2.1 2.1



QB RATING

Average 91.0 83.6


RUSHING

ATT/GAME NFLSim NFL
Average 27.6 27.3



YDS/G

Average 118.4 112.3



YDS/RUSH

Average 4.3 4.1



RUSH TD/G

Average 1.2 0.9



FUM/G

Average 0.6 0.4


GAME STATS

PTS/G NFLSim NFL
Average 22.9 22.2



PLAYS/G

Average 60.3 61.8



TOTAL YDS/G

Average 310.6 325.2



YDS/PLAY

Average 5.2 5.3



3rd DN %

Average 25.8% 39.4%



YDS/PT

Average 13.6 14.9