There are a ton of crazy statistics to come out of the Detroit Lions’ 52-21 beatdown of the Chicago Bears. Perhaps the most notable is that the Lions’ 8.8 yards per play set a franchise record, which seems impossible given how good the offense has been in recent years.

However, I may have a stat that comes close to beating that. Over at FTN Fantasy (the new-ish home of DVOA), Aaron Schatz shared a statistic about Jared Goff’s afternoon against the Bears. Goff had a near-perfect game, completing 23-of-28 passes for 334 yards, five touchdowns, and a 156.0 passer rating. He took zero sacks, and even scrambled for six yards.

Schatz’s statistic is called DYAR, which stands for “Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement.” It attempts to measure a performance against an average-level replacement

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