Football is a team sport. Efforts to compartmentalize it via novelties such as fantasy football, etc. are futile and really odd-ball.

 

Who was the old baseball manager that demonstrated the relevance of statistics to a sportswriter?

 

The old man was talking to a young wide-eyed reporter who wanted to rattle off lots of statistics he had seen and memorized. To provide the young reporter with a little insight, the old man called his star over for a moment. He asked the ball player what his batting average was. He replied, " I dunno." He asked how many doubles he had so far. He replied, "I dunno." He asked how many home runs he'd hit so far. He replied, "I dunno."

 

The old man thanked his star ball player and as he trotted away from them the old man turned to the young, wide-eyed reporter and asked if he was satisfied.

 

1000 yards from Cecil Shorts is meaningless. It doesn't matter what the stats are. If the team suffers those milestones are irrelevant.

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