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Colston Loveland’s receiving yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed tight ends, Colston Loveland was 6.6 yards over at home and 9.3 yards over away in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 40.0 and 37.3, a difference of 2.8. Expected was 5.5 yards higher at home than away.

receiving yards a game over expected

A −2.7 difference in receiving yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +2.8 difference in receiving yards at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 19 times in 100.

The games

at homeaway
Colston Loveland’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultreceiving yardsExpected
Sep 13, 2026@CARW032.0
Sep 20, 2026vsMINL331.0
Sep 28, 2026vsPHIW3129.3
Oct 4, 2026vsNYJW5740.6
Oct 11, 2026@GBL1923.3
Oct 18, 2026@ATLW6534.5
Oct 22, 2026vsNEW6932.7
Nov 2, 2026@SEAW6521.9

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed tight ends in its other 2026 games, plus 2.2 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for tight ends that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s tight ends’ receiving yards in his games, 72%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 94% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.