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Optimal Play Calling in the NFL: A Data-Driven Approach

February 18, 2015
by harvardsports
7 min read
1 Comment

By Bill Lotter In case you haven’t heard, people have been scrutinizing a recent play call by Pete Carroll.  Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about that.  But I thought it would be interesting to take a step back and...

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How Many Super Bowls Should Tom Brady Have Won?

February 10, 2015
by harvardsports
3 min read
4 Comments

By Julian Ryan There isn’t a person in New England today who isn’t proclaiming Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. the QB G.O.A.T.. There is a strong statistical case for Brady and Manning to be the first two names on the...

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Evaluating the Best Coach-Quarterback Combos

January 28, 2015
by harvardsports
5 min read
3 Comments

By Harrison Chase For all of the 21st century, the New England Patriots have been a dominant force in the NFL. Since Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady first joined forces in 2001, the duo has seen 12 playoff...

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Breaking Down Peyton Manning’s Playoff Woes

January 27, 2015
by harvardsports
6 min read
3 Comments

By Barrett Hansen Super Bowl XLIX is being billed as a matchup between two of the best postseason quarterbacks in the business: the prolific Tom Brady and the cool Russell Wilson. But, just as the two Super Bowl starters are...

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NFL Analytics: Turnovers Are Turnovers

November 26, 2014
by harvardsports
4 min read
7 Comments

By Austin Tymins After the Philadelphia Eagles close loss to the Arizona Cardinals a few weeks back, Eagles players and coaches blamed much of their failure on turning the ball over in the red zone. “You turn the ball over...

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NFL Coaching Hot Seat Week 12

November 18, 2014
by harvardsports
3 min read
1 Comment

By Harrison Chase and Kurt Bullard Last month, we tried to assess the probability that front offices from each team would fire their coach at the end of a season. While the methodology is laid out in the last post, we can quick...

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Assessing the Value of NFL Punters

October 24, 2014
by harvardsports
6 min read
2 Comments

By Austin Tymins In the 94-year history of the National Football League over 14,000 games have been played. And in every game but two a punt has occurred (the recent Packers-Bears game in Week 4 was one of these rare...

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New York Jets Coaching Carousel: Is Rex Ryan Coaching for his Job?

October 17, 2014
by harvardsports
6 min read
5 Comments

By Harrison Chase and Kurt Bullard Around the middle of the season every year, speculation rises amongst disgruntled fan bases regarding whether the head coach of their beloved team will get the ax by the end of the season. For...

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NFL Fantasy Football: Predicting Kicker Performance

October 1, 2014
by harvardsports
3 min read
3 Comments

By Henry Johnson The task of predicting fantasy football kickers’ performance has, on multiple occasions and by multiple analysts, been deemed a fool’s errand. Some kickers will do well and others will do poorly—anything...

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Grading the Accuracy of ESPN and Football Outsiders’ Power Rankings

February 12, 2013
by harvardsports
3 min read
7 Comments

By Cameron Dowd Hoards of NFL fans obsess over their team’s “Power Ranking”. Every Tuesday, thousands of people flock to the comments section of ESPN’s newest Power Rankings – mostly yelling through their keyboards...

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