OT: Home Field Advantage hasn’t been much of a thing this season

[Ian]

Interesting read:

Farewell to NFL home-field advantage, as home teams have a losing record through 5 weeks

Road teams are winning more often than not in the NFL this season.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Ian]

From the article:

"Road teams in the NFL are 41-37 this season. If you take out the two London games — the Jaguars were the designated home team in one and the road team in the other — it's 40-36.

The only time in recent history that NFL home teams finished with a losing record, it came with an asterisk. In 2020, when the NFL played in front of empty or partially full stadiums during the COVID-19 pandemic, home teams went 127-128-1. It was a weird year.

But it signaled a shift. Home-field advantage had dipped in 2019, with home teams winning 52% of the time. That was the lowest mark since 1972, according to SportsOddsHistory.com. Even if 2020 was strange, in 2021 home teams won at just a 51.1% rate. It rebounded in 2022 to a 56.7% winning percentage for home teams, but has disappeared again in 2023. It looks like 2022 was the recent outlier."

 

[Jim Beankie]

From the article:

"Road teams in the NFL are 41-37 this season. If you take out the two London games — the Jaguars were the designated home team in one and the road team in the other — it's 40-36.

The only time in recent history that NFL home teams finished with a losing record, it came with an asterisk. In 2020, when the NFL played in front of empty or partially full stadiums during the COVID-19 pandemic, home teams went 127-128-1. It was a weird year.

But it signaled a shift. Home-field advantage had dipped in 2019, with home teams winning 52% of the time. That was the lowest mark since 1972, according to SportsOddsHistory.com. Even if 2020 was strange, in 2021 home teams won at just a 51.1% rate. It rebounded in 2022 to a 56.7% winning percentage for home teams, but has disappeared again in 2023. It looks like 2022 was the recent outlier."

Fans aren't getting lubed up enough at the games. Sorry "hydrated".

 

[borg]

Pats pathetic 0-3 home record certainly skews the aggregate.
First round talent Mac Jones has secured 3 home wins since the start of 2022

At this point, I'm just hoping the home crowds get to see one 1st quarter TD by the offense this season.