Cowboys activate Darren McFadden

The Cowboys have officially activated veteran running back Darren McFadden.
The move was not surprising. McFadden had been on the non-football injury list due to a broken elbow, but returned to practice late last month.
McFadden led the Cowboys with 1,089 rushing yards last season. He figures to play a much smaller role initially behind rookie Ezekiel Elliott and Alfred Morris, but McFadden has fresh legs for the stretch run. He has 28 career rushing touchdowns in eight previous seasons.
Rookie running back Darius Jackson was waived to create a roster spot for McFadden. Jackson is a strong candidate to be claimed on waivers, but the 2016 sixth-round pick could return to the Cowboys’ practice squad if he’s not claimed.
Jackson had a strong preseason but has not played in a regular season game.

Source: PFT.com
Author: Zac Jackson
Photo: Nhat V. Meyer Staff, BayArea.com

Week 12 Football ERA Cumulative Results

Weekly 2016 Cumulative Football ERA Formula results are published below with the usual cautionary disclaimer that these are NOT Power Rankings. To analyze these results, we primarily have to look at how teams change within the Rankings rather than looking at the Rankings as raw stand-alone data. Position is neither the best nor the sole criteria of analyzing the list as much as is observing change in the list (first derivative). In other words, how teams rise and fall from week to week during the long season is more of a primary criteria for evaluating performance.
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Dall	…	27554
Tenn	…	23061
NO	…	21264
Phi	…	20996
NE	…	20806
Arz	…	20454
Car	…	19411
Buff	…	18842
Den	…	18482
GB	…	18412
Bal	…	17840
Atl	…	17522
SD	…	17314
Oak	…	16649
Was	…	16598
Cinn	…	16351
Pitt	…	16171
Hou	…	16026
Minn	…	15877
TB	…	15816
Sea	…	14405
Mia	…	13705
NYJ	…	13388
NYG	…	12702
KC	…	11218
LA	…	10167
Jax	…	9967
Chi	…	9726
Ind	…	9482
Det	…	8225
SF	…	6735
Cleve	…	-1317

Photo by Terry Schmitt, UPI

Week Twelve Football ERA Composite Scores

The Football ERA Formula outputs a result that runs on a scale from approximately 5000 points to -5000 with losing teams that are dominated getting pushed into the negative numbers by their victors.  Defensive Elements of the Formula contribute to this negative score in games constituting blowouts.  A few years back, RealFootballAnalysis.com developed a formula that translates the Final Game Results of The Football ERA into Composite Scores that resemble football scores as much as possible.  Here are the week's corresponding Composite Scores:
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NO	…	38
LA	…	12
Atl	…	34
Arz	…	15
TB	…	34
Sea	…	16
Pitt	…	31
Ind	…	15
GB	…	31
Phi	…	15
Den	…	30
KC	…	25
NYG	…	29
Cleve	…	22
Jax	…	28
Buff	…	21
Dall	…	27
Was	…	16
Oak	…	25
Car	…	24
Minn	…	25
Det	…	20
Tenn	…	25
Chi	…	17
SF	…	24
Mia	…	23
Bal	…	24
Cinn	…	23
Hou	…	24
SD	…	23
NE	…	24
NYJ	…	19

Photo by Ian Halperin, UPI