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Tony Pollard’s rushing yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed running backs, Tony Pollard was 25.7 yards under at home and 3.4 yards under away in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 70.0 and 78.8, a difference of 8.8. Expected was 13.5 yards higher at home than away.

rushing yards a game over expected

A −22.3 difference in rushing yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −8.8 difference in rushing yards at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Tony Pollard’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Sep 13, 2026vsNYJL3598.5
Sep 20, 2026vsPHIL64101.4
Sep 27, 2026@NYGL7491.4
Oct 4, 2026@BALL4874.3
Oct 11, 2026vsHOUL5284.3
Oct 18, 2026@INDW7693.0
Oct 25, 2026vsCLEL12998.5
Nov 1, 2026@CINL11769.8

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed running backs in its other 2026 games, plus 0.2 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for running backs that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s running backs’ rushing yards in his games, 87%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 100% 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.