Numbers game: Good and bad statistics attracting NFL interest

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The catch/no-catch question is no closer to making sense to legions of NFL fans but the league is not proposing changes to the beleaguered rule at this point.

But league representatives are looking at a spectrum of indicators in the areas of yardage and scoring and concluding, “We feel very good statistically where the game is today,” Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay said on Monday at the NFL owners meetings.

Even where some numbers declined, the opinion was positive.

The drop in PAT success from 99 to 94.6 percent accuracy may not be viewed as a positive by any NFL kickers, but the rules proposers of the Competition Committee are going ahead with the recommendation…