07-24-2022, 09:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2022, 07:14 AM by Crunk. Edited 2 times in total.)
Just a quickie media. With three games left in the regular season, where do we stand with potential for single season records to be broken?
Passing
Yards Per Attempt
Record: Jackie Daytona S34 - 8.89
Current Leader: Kazimir Oles - 9.04
Likelihood: Strong
If Oles maintains his current average of about 29 attempts per game, he would need to average under 8.2 yards per attempt or so in the remaining 3 games to lose the top spot. Certainly possible, but for context he's been over that mark for the past three games and one of their 3 remaining games is against Berlin's last ranked pass defense.
Touchdowns
Record: Mattathias Caliban S31 - 48
Current Leader: Carter Knight - 39
Likelihood: Decent
Sitting at exactly 3 touchdowns per game on average, Knight is on pace to tie the record. Remaining schedule is a mixed bag with games against the strong Honolulu, weak Colorado, and average Baltimore pass defenses.
QB Rating
Record: Charlemagne Cortez S30 - 113.1
Current Leader: Kazimir Oles - 109.2
Likelihood: Unlikely
Oles's current mark would sit at fourth all time, with only a slight nudge needed to reach second all time. But the 4 point gap to reach Cortez is probably too much to bridge this late in the season. I think Oles would really need to start piling up touchdowns quick while maintaining his current efficiency to get there.
Rushing
Yards
Record: Jay Cue Jr. S35 - 1939
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 1590
Likelihood: Decent
The single season rushing yardage record stood for 25 seasons untouched before Cue broke it last season, and now he's trying to break it again the very next season. He's on track to do it (1957 at his current pace). In a tight playoff race though Arizona could be more focused on optimizing for wins rather than force feeding Cue to reach the record (granted, those probably are the optimized strats anyway)
Touchdowns
Record: Darren Smallwood S9 - 27
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 20
Likelihood: Unlikely
Cue has a good chance for second on the all time list, but 27 is probably untouchable without some ridiculous performances.
Receiving
Touchdowns
Record: Carlito Crush S9 - 17
Current Leader: Nick Kaepercolin Jr - 16
Likelihood: Strong
How weird is it that both the rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown records happened in S9? This one though I am much more surprised has never been broken. 17 doesn't seem crazy to me, but here we are almost 30 seasons later with it standing unchallenged until now. NKJ is already on the doorstep and it would be a true disappointment if he doesn't at least tie it.
Kicking
FGM 40-49
Record: Freddy Bly S31 - 17
Current Leader: Double Doink - 14
Likelihood: Decent
Ah yes, one of the hallowed marks in league history, the record for most field goals from 40 to 49 yards. Doink is roughly on pace to tie the record, but as always with kicking records, its just a matter of opportunity.
Punting
Average
Record: Turk Turkleton S5 - 50.9
Current Leader: Swantavious King - 50.6
Likelihood: Unlikely
Although the numbers look close, at this point in the season King would need to average about 54 yards per punt at his current volume pace to bring up his average that far. That seems high so its possible I did that math wrong but oh well.
Inside 20%
Record: Jacob Small S27 - 58.5%
Current Leader: Cade York - 55.4%
Likelihood: Unlikely
Another legendary record. I didn't even do the math on this one but I'm just assuming like King it's going to be very hard this late in the season to improve the numbers that much.
Special Teams
Kick Return Average
Record: Louisiana Purchase S23 - 34.4
Current Leader: Bernd D Brot - 33.2
Likelihood: Unlikely
Outside of a return for a touchdown this one probably isn't going down.
Did I include this one just to brag that I have the record? I will not stand for such slander
All Purpose
Scrimmage Yards
Record: Jay Cue Jr S35 - 2340
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 1838
Likelihood: Decent
Unlike the rushing yardage, he's on pace to fall just shy of his record from last season, but should be good for second highest which would give him the remarkable feat of having the top three seasons of all time, all in consecutive seasons
Passing
Yards Per Attempt
Record: Jackie Daytona S34 - 8.89
Current Leader: Kazimir Oles - 9.04
Likelihood: Strong
If Oles maintains his current average of about 29 attempts per game, he would need to average under 8.2 yards per attempt or so in the remaining 3 games to lose the top spot. Certainly possible, but for context he's been over that mark for the past three games and one of their 3 remaining games is against Berlin's last ranked pass defense.
Touchdowns
Record: Mattathias Caliban S31 - 48
Current Leader: Carter Knight - 39
Likelihood: Decent
Sitting at exactly 3 touchdowns per game on average, Knight is on pace to tie the record. Remaining schedule is a mixed bag with games against the strong Honolulu, weak Colorado, and average Baltimore pass defenses.
QB Rating
Record: Charlemagne Cortez S30 - 113.1
Current Leader: Kazimir Oles - 109.2
Likelihood: Unlikely
Oles's current mark would sit at fourth all time, with only a slight nudge needed to reach second all time. But the 4 point gap to reach Cortez is probably too much to bridge this late in the season. I think Oles would really need to start piling up touchdowns quick while maintaining his current efficiency to get there.
Rushing
Yards
Record: Jay Cue Jr. S35 - 1939
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 1590
Likelihood: Decent
The single season rushing yardage record stood for 25 seasons untouched before Cue broke it last season, and now he's trying to break it again the very next season. He's on track to do it (1957 at his current pace). In a tight playoff race though Arizona could be more focused on optimizing for wins rather than force feeding Cue to reach the record (granted, those probably are the optimized strats anyway)
Touchdowns
Record: Darren Smallwood S9 - 27
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 20
Likelihood: Unlikely
Cue has a good chance for second on the all time list, but 27 is probably untouchable without some ridiculous performances.
Receiving
Touchdowns
Record: Carlito Crush S9 - 17
Current Leader: Nick Kaepercolin Jr - 16
Likelihood: Strong
How weird is it that both the rushing touchdown and receiving touchdown records happened in S9? This one though I am much more surprised has never been broken. 17 doesn't seem crazy to me, but here we are almost 30 seasons later with it standing unchallenged until now. NKJ is already on the doorstep and it would be a true disappointment if he doesn't at least tie it.
Kicking
FGM 40-49
Record: Freddy Bly S31 - 17
Current Leader: Double Doink - 14
Likelihood: Decent
Ah yes, one of the hallowed marks in league history, the record for most field goals from 40 to 49 yards. Doink is roughly on pace to tie the record, but as always with kicking records, its just a matter of opportunity.
Punting
Average
Record: Turk Turkleton S5 - 50.9
Current Leader: Swantavious King - 50.6
Likelihood: Unlikely
Although the numbers look close, at this point in the season King would need to average about 54 yards per punt at his current volume pace to bring up his average that far. That seems high so its possible I did that math wrong but oh well.
Inside 20%
Record: Jacob Small S27 - 58.5%
Current Leader: Cade York - 55.4%
Likelihood: Unlikely
Another legendary record. I didn't even do the math on this one but I'm just assuming like King it's going to be very hard this late in the season to improve the numbers that much.
Special Teams
Kick Return Average
Record: Louisiana Purchase S23 - 34.4
Current Leader: Bernd D Brot - 33.2
Likelihood: Unlikely
Outside of a return for a touchdown this one probably isn't going down.
Did I include this one just to brag that I have the record? I will not stand for such slander
All Purpose
Scrimmage Yards
Record: Jay Cue Jr S35 - 2340
Current Leader: Jay Cue Jr - 1838
Likelihood: Decent
Unlike the rushing yardage, he's on pace to fall just shy of his record from last season, but should be good for second highest which would give him the remarkable feat of having the top three seasons of all time, all in consecutive seasons