After enjoying an exhilarating football game, the author reflects on a tweet from ESPN's Adam Schefter that complicated a simple statistic about the Bills and Chiefs' performance in their last nine games. Instead of presenting the information straightforwardly, Schefter's use of the term 'composite matchups' adds unnecessary complexity. The author believes that such phrasing distracts from the simple fact that the Chiefs narrowly outscored the Bills over those games. The effect of this word choice leaves the author feeling agitated and restless, disrupting their sleep. This highlights how language shapes our perception of sports information.
The term 'composite matchups' to describe nine games reveals a preference for complexity in simple statistics, suggesting that language can both clarify and confuse.
The phrase 'composite matchups' seems unnecessary when 'nine games' suffices, illustrating how overly complex language can distract from straightforward facts.
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