If you read what I posted you'll see that I didn't do what you're claiming. That's a strawman. Another logical fallacy, but this one's not a "big word". If I knew another smaller word for "tautological" I'd use it. I agree that scoring more points is a better goal than gaining more yardage, but that isn't what we were talking about.
Also, a team that has a great defense and a mediocre offense can run up the score with very little yardage. It's called "field position". There's another reason why overall scoring isn't a better predictor for offense than overall yardage.