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Category - NFL Football

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What Were the Chiefs Doing?

September 2, 2013
by harvardsports
6 min read
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By David Freed With the NFL’s first regular season games looming, now seems like a good time to revisit key offseason transactions and discuss how they might actually impact the performance of certain teams. Today we’ll focus...

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Links We Like: 3/29/13

March 29, 2013
by harvardsports
1 min read
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It’s been a while since our last set of links, but we’re back in force to bring you the best reads from around the web for your weekend reading. – Jeff Sullivan analyzes Justin Verlander’s $180 million...

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  • NFL Football

Do NFL Teams Think the Combine Matters: Defense

March 5, 2013
by harvardsports
6 min read
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By Anthony Zonfrelli As I studied the predictive value of NFL combine events on the draft picks of offensive players, this post examines which combine tests NFL front offices tend to focus on when selecting defensive recruits...

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Do NFL Teams Think the Combine Matters: Offense

February 28, 2013
by harvardsports
8 min read
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By Anthony Zonfrelli Last February, HSAC member Kevin Meers analyzed which combine events (namely 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical leap, broad jump, 20-yard shuttle, and 3-cone drill) actually translate into future NFL success...

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Grading the Accuracy of ESPN and Football Outsiders’ Power Rankings

February 12, 2013
by harvardsports
3 min read
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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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Profile of an NFL Fanbase: Are all 13 year old girls bandwagon fans?

February 1, 2013
by harvardsports
5 min read
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by Ben Blatt This is the final post in a series of three on NFL fandom. The first two can be read here and here. To the typical male football fan it may be depressing, but certainly not surprising, to learn that there are...

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Who is Really America’s Team?

January 31, 2013
by harvardsports
11 min read
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by Ben Blatt Author’s Note: This post was prepared long ago, but Facebook itself coincidentally published a very similar study on Monday. There are many different findings between the two studies however, so I encourage you...

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  • NFL Football

The Optimal Strategy for Playing Squares

January 30, 2013
by harvardsports
3 min read
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By Nick Jaroszewicz, Anthony Zonfrelli, and Harry Chiel Editor’s Note: This article was featured in Sports Illustrated ahead of Super Bowl 54. You can watch Anthony Zonfrelli break down the math behind Super Bowl Squares...

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HSAC on Grantland: There Is No Red Zone

January 18, 2013
by harvardsports
1 min read
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HSAC appeared on Grantland today, examining how Expected Points in the NFL change across game states and how teams can use this information to win games. Read it here. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new...

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Russell Wilson: 2012’s Most Valuable Player

January 14, 2013
by harvardsports
3 min read
14 Comments

By Kevin Meers This post analyzes who deserves the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award (spoiler alert: don’t read the title) based on some different criteria than most people have used. I want to focus on the word...

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