The Weather Outside Is Frightful ...
Dec 29, 2017 2:34:00 GMT -6
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Post by Reignman on Dec 29, 2017 2:34:00 GMT -6
How much does temperature affect the QB's? I charted every pass from 2002 to 2017 to unlock that mystery.
Maybe a little bit? Not much actually. But good gravy, it sure is good to play indoors, offensively speaking haha. You do have a slight advantage over the opposing team playing home games in an outdoor stadium however, and probably thanks in large part to those stupid indoor teams who tend not to be very good outdoors.
Next I'll take a look at individual QB's to see which ones suck when it's cold. Like Mike Vick who was truly awful when the mercury dipped, and Brett Favre who was surprisingly pretty bad on the road and at home when the kelvins were low. Teddy Ball Game though? Jinkies we should have kept playing at TCF stadium. Well until it got below zero in the playoffs ofc haha.
Fun fact, the average outdoor regular season NFL game is 58.17 degrees. The coldest game since 2002 was the Vikings/Seahawks playoff game at -6 degrees. Twas also the coldest wind chill at -25. Only 2 games have been below zero, with the other being the 2007 playoff game between the Giants and Packers where Tom Coughlin nearly froze his nose off, which was -1 degree (-23 wind chill). The hottest game was a week 3 game in 2003, Green Bay at Arizona. A blistering 102 degrees. Only 2 games have reached triple digits, the other also being played in Arizona. Shocking I know. But yeah Arizona owns the 4 hottest games since 2002. That was before they moved into the air conditioned toaster in 2006.
TEMP AND LOCATION PCT AVG TD% INT% RATING
all road 60.4 6.88 4.03 2.93 82.3
all home 61.5 7.13 4.47 2.77 86.4
all road dome 62.4 7.20 4.26 2.71 87.0
all home dome 63.1 7.33 4.71 2.66 89.8
all road outdoor 59.7 6.77 3.95 3.01 80.7
all home outdoor 60.9 7.06 4.38 2.80 85.2
<29 road outdoor 57.1 6.46 3.74 3.06 76.2
<29 home outdoor 60.0 7.19 4.80 3.06 85.3
30-39 road outdoor 58.5 6.69 4.00 3.19 78.7
30-39 home outdoor 59.8 6.99 4.49 3.10 83.1
40-49 road outdoor 58.8 6.57 4.10 3.02 79.5
40-49 home outdoor 60.6 6.97 4.45 2.79 84.9
50-59 road outdoor 59.6 6.77 3.78 3.09 79.7
50-59 home outdoor 60.6 7.04 4.48 2.65 85.8
60-69 road outdoor 60.4 6.90 3.99 3.02 81.8
60-69 home outdoor 61.5 7.12 4.30 2.69 86.1
70-79 road outdoor 61.1 6.84 3.90 2.85 82.6
70-79 home outdoor 61.4 7.11 4.32 2.84 85.4
80-89 road outdoor 60.4 6.91 4.21 2.80 83.6
80-89 home outdoor 60.8 7.03 4.09 2.92 83.5
90+ road outdoor 56.8 6.40 3.17 3.50 72.1
90+ home outdoor 62.6 7.27 3.72 2.58 86.2
Maybe a little bit? Not much actually. But good gravy, it sure is good to play indoors, offensively speaking haha. You do have a slight advantage over the opposing team playing home games in an outdoor stadium however, and probably thanks in large part to those stupid indoor teams who tend not to be very good outdoors.
Next I'll take a look at individual QB's to see which ones suck when it's cold. Like Mike Vick who was truly awful when the mercury dipped, and Brett Favre who was surprisingly pretty bad on the road and at home when the kelvins were low. Teddy Ball Game though? Jinkies we should have kept playing at TCF stadium. Well until it got below zero in the playoffs ofc haha.
Fun fact, the average outdoor regular season NFL game is 58.17 degrees. The coldest game since 2002 was the Vikings/Seahawks playoff game at -6 degrees. Twas also the coldest wind chill at -25. Only 2 games have been below zero, with the other being the 2007 playoff game between the Giants and Packers where Tom Coughlin nearly froze his nose off, which was -1 degree (-23 wind chill). The hottest game was a week 3 game in 2003, Green Bay at Arizona. A blistering 102 degrees. Only 2 games have reached triple digits, the other also being played in Arizona. Shocking I know. But yeah Arizona owns the 4 hottest games since 2002. That was before they moved into the air conditioned toaster in 2006.
....wrong Dino friend!
... and neither is this Chris guy.