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Category - NFL Football

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When Do We Know How Good an NFL Team Really Is?

January 11, 2013
by harvardsports
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By Kevin Meers Almost everyone who makes predictions about the NFL tends to be overconfident: we think we are more accurate and more precise than we actually are. We like to think we know just how good every team is before the...

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Embrace the Chaos: the NFL Playoffs and Variance

January 10, 2013
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Mooney For interested fan or gambler, the NFL playoffs can be infinitely maddening to comprehend. Those Cincinnati Bengals that had won seven of their last eight? Well, they’re out, held to just -6 passing yards in...

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Early Returns on the NFL’s New OT Rules

November 29, 2012
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Mooney A couple weeks ago, IĀ discussed the implicationsĀ of one of the NFL’s recent rule changes, namely the movement of kickoffs from the 30-yard line to the 35. Though we don’t have quite as much evidence for it...

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Debunking the Trap Game and Letdown Game Myths

November 22, 2012
by harvardsports
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Yesterday, Aaron Schatz issued a challenge to his readership to prove the existence of a ā€œtrap gameā€ or a ā€œletdown gameā€. Both terms are thrown around in the media for almost every sport all the time, but I have not seen...

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Thursday Nights and Injuries in the NFL

November 14, 2012
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Mooney Unveiled for the first time this year, the NFL’s season-long slate of Thursday night games has thus far produced mixed results, to put it kindly. The series is a not-so-subtle pimping of the NFL’s own premium...

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To Kneel or Not to Kneel: An Analysis of Touchbacks

October 31, 2012
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Mooney A year and a half into the NFL’s amended kickoff rules, it’s safe to say they’ve achieved their intended purpose. In 2010, 16.4 percent of kickoffs resulted in touchbacks; a year later, that number rose to...

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Debunking the Idea of a Shift Back to Running the Football

October 30, 2012
by harvardsports
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by Nick Jaroszewicz With running backs like Marshawn Lynch, Frank Gore, BenJarvis Green-Ellis showing that feature backs are back in style, and Chris Johnson finally coming around, many are saying that the pendulum is swinging...

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Why the Baltimore Ravens are the Decade’s Best Closer

October 28, 2012
by harvardsports
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By Andrew Mooney The Patriots blew a fourth-quarter lead in Seattle two weeks ago and nearly did so against the Jets last week. But before the “Brady’s a choker!” train gets any momentum, I’d like to...

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Is Parity Increasing in the NFL? An Early Look at the 2012 Season Trends

October 24, 2012
by harvardsports
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by Cameron Dowd This year a disproportionate number of teams seems to be hovering around a mediocre .500 record. For instance, heading into this weekend, the entire AFC EastĀ was 3-3, another 6 teams had a 3-3 record, and five...

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The Wave of Young Quarterbacks and the Effects of Experience on Performance

October 15, 2012
by harvardsports
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by Cameron Dowd The wave of the young signal callers is upon us. This year there are five rookies and five second-year quarterbacks starting from opening day. Over the past ten seasons there has never been a year in which this...

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