Post by Reignman on May 24, 2023 19:49:23 GMT -6
All your questions are finally answered.
Iowa Funkytown, not to be confused with Mexican Funkytown (don't google that btw unless you're short on nightmare fuel
) posted a couple of tweets over in the schedule topic that got me thinking. I hate these drive-by factoids that are fine by themselves, but sometimes leave me asking more questions.
The obvious question being, how important is rest advantage anyway? I mean it seems important. Like duh right? Well it also seems like a good idea to wear white uniforms at home on a hot sunny day, but oddly enough, teams lose at a higher rate when they do, but they keep doing it anyway. So maybe the team with more rest loses at a higher rate too? I mean you'd probably still want the extra rest, but it's still fun to find out anyway.
First a quick chart of every teams rest advantage this year (in hours). Some games are still TBD, so this is as accurate as it gets at this point. I think I calculated all Saturday TBD games as Sunday at noon.
The rest advantage of every team 2002-2023, because why not go overboard:
Was anyone else expecting the Pukers and Cowpies to have the advantage most years? Hello Kitty Kats! And we find yet another category where the Vikings are mediocre.
2023 and 2009 do look like they have the widest spectrum.
But Mr. Sharp claimed the 95 games of rest advantage in 2023 is the most in history, and maybe it is based on his complex criteria, but I'm not seeing it according to this chart, which is based strictly on days of rest advantage. 2022 looks like the most, and 2023 looks like any other year in the past decade xD.
And we finally get to the real question, does rest advantage matter anyway? Unlike wearing white uniforms at home on a hot sunny day, it appears the extra rest does in fact give you an advantage.
Rest advantage in all regular season games (2002-2023):
The bigger crime however, is making a team go on the road with a rest disadvantage.
2023 Vikings week by week:
Man what a ripoff, can't even get a rest advantage after a bye lol. We share a bye with the Raiders, but we'll be coming off MNF. No wait, that's the first MNF game eligible for flexing. There's no way they keep that game on MNF xD. The 6-6 Vikings vs the 3-9 Bears? No way!
Whelp now that my eyes feel like Mexican Funkytown (seriously don't google that), it's time to go soak them in a soothing bath of bleach or battery acid for awhile.
Iowa Funkytown, not to be confused with Mexican Funkytown (don't google that btw unless you're short on nightmare fuel
) posted a couple of tweets over in the schedule topic that got me thinking. I hate these drive-by factoids that are fine by themselves, but sometimes leave me asking more questions.
The obvious question being, how important is rest advantage anyway? I mean it seems important. Like duh right? Well it also seems like a good idea to wear white uniforms at home on a hot sunny day, but oddly enough, teams lose at a higher rate when they do, but they keep doing it anyway. So maybe the team with more rest loses at a higher rate too? I mean you'd probably still want the extra rest, but it's still fun to find out anyway.
First a quick chart of every teams rest advantage this year (in hours). Some games are still TBD, so this is as accurate as it gets at this point. I think I calculated all Saturday TBD games as Sunday at noon.
RK HOURS
DET 362.53 (2010) - most since 2002, they went 6-10
1. WAS 310.86 (play 5 opponents with an extra day or more of rest)
2. NYJ 290.64
3. CHI 285.36
4. TEN 274.34
5. CLE 250.83
6. BAL 208.96
7. MIA 186.60
8. NEP 168.75
9. PIT 149.54
10. IND 125.00
11. ARZ 120.22
12. NOS 98.40
13. DEN 65.13
14. DET 39.46
15. GRB 8.27
16. BUF 4.13
17. DAL -0.27
18. HOU -18.54
19. JAX -24.66
20. CIN -27.20
21. CAR -30.63
22. MIN -48.49
23. SEA -97.49
24. LAV -99.98
25. TAM -128.85
26. LOC -143.34
27. PHI -182.09
28. NYG -230.44
29. ATL -275.71
30. KAN -346.33
31. LOR -426.08
32. SAF -506.39 (play 3 teams coming off a bye, and another coming off a Thursday game)
PHI -599.24 (2012) - worst since 2002, they went 4-12
The rest advantage of every team 2002-2023, because why not go overboard:
Was anyone else expecting the Pukers and Cowpies to have the advantage most years? Hello Kitty Kats! And we find yet another category where the Vikings are mediocre.
2023 and 2009 do look like they have the widest spectrum.But Mr. Sharp claimed the 95 games of rest advantage in 2023 is the most in history, and maybe it is based on his complex criteria, but I'm not seeing it according to this chart, which is based strictly on days of rest advantage. 2022 looks like the most, and 2023 looks like any other year in the past decade xD.
YEAR 1-DAY 3-DAY 6-DAY
2002 72 30 24
2003 72 34 28
2004 82 33 28
2005 76 36 30
2006 84 44 28
2007 76 44 30
2008 78 43 24
2009 76 44 28
2010 78 45 28
2011 82 50 32
2012 86 59 25
2013 88 62 28
2014 88 54 22
2015 90 57 23
2016 93 62 29
2017 92 58 26
2018 89 55 24
2019 90 59 27
2020 91 54 29
2021 91 57 23
2022 103 55 21
2023 95 56 21
And we finally get to the real question, does rest advantage matter anyway? Unlike wearing white uniforms at home on a hot sunny day, it appears the extra rest does in fact give you an advantage.
Rest advantage in all regular season games (2002-2023):
1-Day 891-880-6 .503
3-Day 535-496-4 .519
6-Day 300-255-2 .540
The bigger crime however, is making a team go on the road with a rest disadvantage.
AVG ROAD WIN% .436
1-Day 338-464-2 .422
3-Day 196-287-2 .407
6-Day 106-173-1 .380
2023 Vikings week by week:
WK DATE OPP HOURS
1. Sun Sep 10 TAM 0.00
2. Thu Sep 14 at PHI 3.42
3. Sun Sep 24 LOC 64.75
4. Sun Oct 1 at CAR 3.80
5. Sun Oct 8 KAN 7.33
6. Sun Oct 15 at CHI -68.17
7. Mon Oct 23 SAF 0.00
8. Sun Oct 29 at GRB -27.83
9. Sun Nov 5 at ATL 0.00
10. Sun Nov 12 NOS 0.00
11. Sun Nov 19 at DEN 31.25
12. Mon Nov 27 CHI -7.33
13. BYE
14. Sun Dec 10 at LAV -27.83
15. Sun Dec 17 at CIN -3.80
16. Sun Dec 24 DET 0.00
17. Sun Dec 31 GRB 0.00
18. Sun Jan 7 at DET -24.08
Man what a ripoff, can't even get a rest advantage after a bye lol. We share a bye with the Raiders, but we'll be coming off MNF. No wait, that's the first MNF game eligible for flexing. There's no way they keep that game on MNF xD. The 6-6 Vikings vs the 3-9 Bears? No way!
Whelp now that my eyes feel like Mexican Funkytown (seriously don't google that), it's time to go soak them in a soothing bath of bleach or battery acid for awhile.
