Using Yards per Point w/ Shutouts?

[bgill09]

Hey Guys,

Been lurking for a while and figured this was the season to jump in. I've been playing around with some numbers in the off season and I'm getting stumped on how to compensate for Shutouts when using Yards per Point.

For basic approach I've been taking (TotalYards - PenaltyYards) / Points

This is obv a problem with a shut out. Thought about just using TotalYards = 1 pt but this seems like it would greatly skew the other data


Thoughts?

 

[SaintsFan1977]

You could try using the median number of points to divide by. It will throw the outliers out.