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Efficiency, quality of opponent elevate Favre

By Bill Barnwell
Football Outsiders

Monday, November 24, 2008

In fantasy football, all yards are created equal. The 14 yards Marvin Harrison gained on a fourth-and-1 to keep the Colts' final drive alive and put them in position for the eventual game-winning field goal are equal in fantasy value to the 14 yards Dante Rosario gained on first-and-10 with 4½ minutes left and Carolina down 17 points. In the ledgers of raw statistics, Harrison's cumulative performance at the end of the season is reduced to a simple number: receiving yards. They don't mea ...

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