How do NFL rushing yards and receptions props work?
A rushing yards prop is a market on one player’s yards from running plays in one game. A receptions prop is a market on how many passes one player catches. Tikata carries both as paper markets: it records and grades them, but it does not publish picks in them or count them in its record.
Rushing yards
Rushing yards are credited to the player who carries the ball on a running play, from the line of scrimmage to the end of the run. A run stopped behind the line subtracts yards, so a total can fall below zero. Quarterback scrambles count as rushing yards for the quarterback.
Rushing lines respond to the player’s share of carries, the offensive line, the opponent’s run defense and the expected game script. A team protecting a lead may run more late in a game.
Receptions
A receptions prop counts catches, not yards. A two-yard catch and a sixty-yard catch each count as one. Lines are usually low numbers, so a single catch can decide the outcome.
Targets, the quarterback, the player’s role in the offense and the opponent’s coverage all shape the count. A short-pass role can produce many catches for few yards.
What a paper market is on Tikata
A paper market is recorded and graded on the same rules as a published one, but it stays outside the record. Tikata publishes no selection in it and never adds its results to the running record’s counts. Members see its captured lines and books in the app for research.
Showing a market as paper is the intended state, not a missing pick. It lets the method be checked in public before any decision to publish in that market.
Settlement and voids
The sportsbook’s rules decide how its market settles. Tikata grades against the official statistic. A void means the player did not play; a player who played and recorded zero is graded: zero is a real result.