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Old 10-25-2005, 04:09 AM
SossMan SossMan is offline
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Default Re: How much is a down worth? (football theory question)

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One guess is just arithmetic: 5 yds/3 downs = 1.67 yds/down.

So, 3.3 yards/2 downs = 1.67.

So, second and 3.3 is the cutoff.

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but that assumes they always go for it on 4th down.
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