{"id":595,"date":"2022-10-04T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2022-10-05T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T01:29:52","slug":"nfl-games-tighter-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/nfl-games-tighter-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Games Tighter Than Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the trend from an incredible post season, games have never been closer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NFL, so far, 50 games have been within one score in the fourth quarter, the most through Week 4 in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, 15 of 16 games (93.8 percent) were within one score in the fourth quarter, the most in a single week in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>And through four weeks, 23 games have been decided by three points or fewer, and 31 have been decided by six points or fewer, both the most ever at this point in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Further, just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/betting-leaders\/all\/all\/year\/favdog\/2022.php\">36.5% of favorites are winning and 39.1% of the games are going over<\/a>. 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