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Sorry, I don't see why yards per point makes any sense at all as a way to rate offenses on defenses.
On D, giving up lots of points is bad
On D, giving up lots of yards is bad, mostly because you will give the opposition more time of possession, likely more drives reaching the red zone, likely more opportunities to score, and likely fewer possessions for your offense to compensate.
Points allowed is a much more meaningful stat than yards allowed, but both are useful. Points allowed can be skewed by having to defend a very short field due to special teams blunders or offensive turnovers. Giving up many first downs can be effective if they don't score, but still the best defensive series is 3-and-out or a quick forced turnover.
I want my D to give up as few points as possible, and very likely if they give up less yards than they are accustomed to, they will do that.
An analogy: If I am sick I may have a fever and I may throw up many times per day. The ratio of how much my fever is elevated to how many times I barf is not a statistic worth tracking. I want the fever to go down and the barfing to stop, period.
On D, giving up lots of points is bad
On D, giving up lots of yards is bad, mostly because you will give the opposition more time of possession, likely more drives reaching the red zone, likely more opportunities to score, and likely fewer possessions for your offense to compensate.
Points allowed is a much more meaningful stat than yards allowed, but both are useful. Points allowed can be skewed by having to defend a very short field due to special teams blunders or offensive turnovers. Giving up many first downs can be effective if they don't score, but still the best defensive series is 3-and-out or a quick forced turnover.
I want my D to give up as few points as possible, and very likely if they give up less yards than they are accustomed to, they will do that.
An analogy: If I am sick I may have a fever and I may throw up many times per day. The ratio of how much my fever is elevated to how many times I barf is not a statistic worth tracking. I want the fever to go down and the barfing to stop, period.
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