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KJ6BWB OP t1_jdpsaou wrote

Reply to comment by Adsequalbads in Taller American football players tend to throw for more total yards [OC] by KJ6BWB

Injuries should average out across the season unless shorter people have a better chance of being injured? Although, come to think of it, it probably is the case that shorter people are more likely to get injured when tackled by someone over 300 lbs.

Anyway, I ran the stats for all quarterbacks, even teams that had four. I even included everyone who even attempted to throw a ball. That's 107 people. In general, considering all of them, the trend bore out. It was basically still the exact same trend when I limited it to only people who threw more than 1,000 yards in the season, etc.

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Adsequalbads t1_jdr0br1 wrote

How would they “average out”?? Both of your short qbs had injuries last year that took them out of a number of games. In this case even one game would be a big impact on these numbers. Do you know anything about football or math?

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KJ6BWB OP t1_jdra4s9 wrote

Which short quarterbacks are you referring to?

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Odd_Connection_7167 t1_jdpwso2 wrote

So Trace McSorley threw for only 400 yards because he's short? Or because he's a shitty quarterback who only threw the ball 80 times?

Your other chart was more compelling.

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