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Does NFL preseason production actually matter?

The New York Jets and their fans enjoyed a positive preseason opener against the New York Giants. A bevy of players put forth positive individual performances.

Taking a look back at the many promising statistics from the game had me wondering – is there actually a correlation between preseason production and regular-season production?

To answer this question, I looked back to the 2019 preseason (considering there was no preseason in 2020). I took hundreds of qualified players and compared their preseason performance to their regular-season performance.

Offensively, I analyzed 433 players who played at least 50 offensive snaps in the preseason and went on to appear in at least one regular-season game.