Situations and play calling

The deep shot pays

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.

Held in 20 of 20 seasons, from 64,911 records measured.

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The Deep Ball Premium, and the Tax That Comes With ItDeep throws connect about four times in ten and still comfortably out-earn the safe stuff underneath, every year since throw depth was first charted. The bill arrives as interceptions.

FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.