BREAKING NEWS — The 49ers are pretty good this season.
You knew that. But did you know why?
The net passing yards per pass play metric, Gomer.
Just as mountaineers have an innate desire to climb the next peak, just as sprinters train for months to shave a quarter-second off their time, just as barrel jumpers obsess over the 15th vessel…
… so staticians endeavor to prove what has been proven beyond all doubt in new, various and sundry manners.
On Tuesday, Michael Salfino and Neil Paine, carrying the banner for FiveThirtyEight, shone a light on a little known but (they insist) proven analytic that has been around since the 1960s.