What's going on with Arrowhead at night?
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is neat from <a href="https://twitter.com/DataWithBliss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DataWithBliss</a> -- the dropped pass rate at night at Arrowhead is the only stadium/game time combination in the NFL over 10%<a href="https://twitter.com/cheetah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cheetah</a> was right -- it&#39;s hard to catch in Kansas City at night<br> <a href="https://t.co/W8J9JxUgVE">https://t.co/W8J9JxUgVE</a> <a href="https://t.co/7nst50hj5w">pic.twitter.com/7nst50hj5w</a></p>&mdash; Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) <a href="https://twitter.com/StatsbyLopez/status/1729931106554630200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Good God, get some more light on that field!!

Nothing is going on. KC has the highest drop rate and they play at Arrowhead. Makes sense they have the highest drop rate of any stadium.

The data isn't just for this year. 2016-Today

What are the numbers not including this year? Chiefs have had more than a seasons worth of drops in just the couple of night games this year.

The new press box at top of stadium I would assume affected the lighting on the field

I would bet it is more due to LED lighting. LED lighting creates darker shadows and tends to go straight from bright to black unlike the old types of lighting where it fades a bit before complete darkness.

Combine that with the 'new' light angles from the addition of the press box and it can have a huge impact.

That's been a while though right?

Fire the Lighting Coach!!!!

Please change the title of this thread to:

****Our Stadium Lighting Sucks - Official Thread****

Early/Late afternoon numbers would be skewed even more so towards more drops this year than the two night games... meaning if you took this year out of the equation, theoretically the gap would widen.

It's suggesting that night + bad receivers would make this season worse, not not the latter.

Interesting data, but I do agree knowing how each season skews the data would be interesting, too.

The crowd is way more hammered given they've been hittin' the bottle all day...so it's louder and ****s up WR concentration.

...s'all I got...

What's going on with Arrowhead at night?

Too many hookers in the parking lot.

Receivers like our lighting ain't to bright

This is actually a pretty great alternative theory.

Or most likely not enough

Maybe we're cheering too loudly..

I saw that Tweet last night and thought it was really interesting. Is it a small N issue or is there something there?

Definitely worth watching. Because both of the games where we've really shit the bed (and for all the hand-wringing, there really only have been 2 where the WRs have been abysmal) were night games at home.

Is it like...the dark red stands/the night sky/the ball being dark? Like what's an explanation here?

You tailgating?

Might help if the NFL would use a football similar to the old light up Luminators from back in the 90s. Hell, make some hybrid light up with the Nerf whistle turbo version for some real fun. Think of the noise Mahomes can get on one of those.

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/i...7c0fc23ee9.jpg

I call BS
 

No more excuses of any kind for "professional" receivers catching a ball whether at night, during the day, in the rain or snow.

We all watched the Eagles receivers catch wet footballs when it hit their hands, at night in Arrowhead. We just need to be patient and hope our receivers improve.

Thank God for our rookie 2nd rounder. Geezo.

Sorry didn't mean to down vote

Something like this should be an advantage for the Chiefs. It doesn't help anyone's personal statistics, but since our guys play lots more games in Arrowhead, they should be more accustomed to the situation. It's the opponents that have the bigger problem because they rarely play there.

Too late. i saw the downvote and my ego was crushed. No way in hell I can work the rest of the day.

That's the Native American curse (or something).

Maybe its all the BBQ smoke settling into the bowl of the stadium, causing eye irritation, and making them watery and blurry.

I can't believe they are going to try and rennovate the stadium again

Won't happen. Frank White is going to chase them to KS.

I doubt 2 or 3 games a year gives much of an experience edge. I'd rather things just be normal. Our offense is a strength, and drops are one of the only things that can kill it.

It is only natural there are more dropped passes at night, we hosted more night games than anyone else in the NFL during the same time period. (This is my theory only)

Baltimore seems to have way fewer dropped passes at night. Might be interesting to see what lighting differences exist.

The chart goes back to 2016. I would guess they have many many fewer passes thrown than other stadiums during that time period.

But the graph is percentages.

It's a drop % rate which controls for that.

So? Without knowing the actual numbers the percentages mean nothing.

Stats are meaningless without knowing the actual raw data the stats are pulled from.