Do you know all about American Football
                     DO YOU KNOW ALL 
ABOUT AMERICAN 
FOOTBALL?
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The Popularity of American sports knows no bounds, but many sports fans are 
not truly aware of what all the American Football stats truly mean. To judge a 
team based on their performance and data one needs to have a clear 
understanding of what the important terms mean in American Football.  Only 
field goals would not win the game, be it any team that needs to be strong in 
every aspect of the game than just scoring a touchdown, it would not win them 
trophies. 
While the scoreboard obviously holds a lot of importance in the match, it would 
give you the actual standing of the team at a moment and would help in deciding 
who won the match as well in the end but other statistics are just as important! 
So, do you consider yourself a sports fanatic? Put your knowledge to the test! 
Here are some of the stats you can come across while you tune in to the live 
football scores feed!
Time of possession- A common statistic but often overlooked by many. 
Possession as the word suggests is how long can a team keep the ball with them. 
Logically more possession has more chances to score. Usually, the trend seen 
over the years is the team that has the high possession rate would win the match 
as they would get more chances to score and the team that ends the season with 
the most wins have an average of a better possession time than other teams. 
Sacks- Seems like a foreign term now? Well, a sack is something that can happen 
when a quarterback or an offensive player who is acting as a passer is actually 
blocked behind the line of scrimmage that is before he can toss a forward pass. 
Do you know how this stat is useful? 
One of the strategies usually applied by 
the teams is to make the life of the 
Quarterbacks difficult and win matches 
easily. When a Quarterback is attacked 
repeatedly their confidence would go 
down as well. The most sack ever 
recorded in NFL is seven which is a 
record held by Derrick Thomas. Well, 
one thing is for sure the opponent would 
remember the day for his lifetime.
Total offense and defense yards- When it comes to American Football, one yard 
could be the difference between the winning team and the losing team. The past 
games can attest to the statement as well, many matches have in the end boiled 
down to 36 inches which have decided the fate of the team in the competition. 
Don't believe it? Search about Super Bowl XXXIV where it was the last yard that 
made all the difference! Mike Jones managed to stop Kevin Dyson just one yard 
away from the goal line and it became the defining moment for the winning 
team while it crushed the heart of the other team as well as millions of fans 
watching the game. 
Quarterback rating- A fairly popular way of rating the Quarterback's 
performance of late. Their Passer rating is strategically calculated taking into 
account their passes, yards, touchdowns, interceptions, and completions. It is 
usually done on a scale of 0 to 158.3 with the former being the worst rating a QB 
can get and 158.3 being the best possible rating they can receive. 
Turnovers are one of the most important 
stats in the American football data feed. It is 
the worst thing a player can do in the 
middle of the game. Turnovers mean 
handing the ball over to the other team, like 
losing a fumble or throwing an interception 
in their direction. It is a sure-shot way to 
lose a match. But what could be worse than 
handing the ball to the other team? They 
can convert the turnover successfully in the 
same play. Thus, there are also stats like 
fumbles recovered for TDs. 
Now even if you did not know the terms before you know them now and 
can track the performance of the team yourself by reading all the data. 
Did you know how who collects all such data? There are a number of sports 
data providers in the market, Data Sports Group is one such company that 
offers detailed American football coverage. The American football XML data 
is integrated with other sports platforms seamlessly to ensure data flow is 
easy. If such information has intrigued you, read our other blogs to get a 
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