By Kurt Bullard In March, the NFL instituted a new rule that would move touchbacks on kickoffs to the 25-yard line, a move that received a good amount of backlash from media and fans alike. I wrote an earlier article discussing...
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By Kurt Bullard This morning, a trade was announced between the Rams and Titans in which Tennessee sent the rights to the first overall pick to Los Angeles for a boat-load of picks, including the Ramsā 2016 and 2017...
By Kurt Bullard The NFL is months away from starting, but even in the midst of March Madness, the league managed to grab headlines. Yesterday, the NFL announced that it would move the touchback to the 25-yard line, inciting a lot...
By Bill Lotter How would you determine who had the best performance at the NFL Combine? If one player had a faster 40, but another was quicker in the shuttle, who would you say performed better? Ā While it might seem like a...
By Matt Goldberg, Ā Adam Gilfix, Steven Rachesky, Nathaniel Ver Steeg āDefense wins championshipsā and āthe best offense is a good defenseā are two of the most common adages in sports. The timelessness of these...
Heading into the playoffs, multiple teams can make a claim that they are the favorites to win it all, and even those who just barely snuck in have hopes. We decided to look at several of the playoff teams from an analytical...
By Thomas Negron This past Sunday, Bill Belichick did the unthinkable, he chose to kickoff in overtime. Controversy erupted as there seemed to be communication errors between the referees and Patriots Special Teams Captain...
By John Acton Because the NFL has a small sample size and football games are too physically draining to schedule extra tiebreakers, hard-core NFL fans are well-accustomed to accounting for tiebreaking procedures before and during...
By Harrison Chase and Austin Tymins After the Patriots narrowly escaped the Meadowlands with a win this Sunday afternoon, Ian OāConnor of ESPN suggested that readers would be smart to bet on the Patriots going 19-0, saying...
By Harrison Chase and Austin Tymins Earlier this semester, HSAC was fortunate enough to have Bill Barnwell, formerly of Grantland.com, come to a meeting discuss all things NFL with us. One of the questions that came up was which...