I noticed that if I total the yardage in the game box scores for the first five weeks for certain players, it does not equal their official year-to-date stats. Why?
The NFL’s statistical service, the Elias Sports Bureau, routinely makes stat changes in the weeks following games, usually on plays where quarterbacks either fumbled or were intercepted. And the yardage assigned on laterals (such as hook-and-ladder plays) typically changes in the weeks after games. So, the box score you see if the paper the day after the games is sometimes modified days later.
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