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Mariota’s Still Human (And a Rookie)

August 14, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard If you’ve seen or read any coverage on the Tennessee Titans this preseason, you’re familiar with the leading story that Marcus Mariota has yet to throw an interception in his 186 attempts 7-on-7 drills. Any...

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NFL Coaching Hot Seat: Preseason Edition

August 14, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Harrison Chase and Kurt Bullard Last year, we wrote various posts on creating a model to predict which NFL coaches would be fired at the end of the season. So, with nothing to do but wait for the regular season to begin, we...

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A Way-Too-Early Prediction of the NFL Season

July 22, 2015
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard Now that it’s late July, football fans everywhere are looking forward to the opening of training camp, preseason, and the not-so-distant start of the regular season.  Even though the so-called football...

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Predicting the NFL Draft Using Seven Numbers

April 29, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Bill Lotter I know you’ve probably seen 17 mock drafts, so I’m gonna keep this short and sweet.  Back in February, I built models to predict where a player will be drafted and how well they will do in the NFL using...

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NFL Draft: Do BCS Champions Make NFL Busts?

April 24, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Henry Johnson With the NFL draft less than one week away, teams are scrambling to determine which characteristics of potential picks matter and which ones don’t. One possible trap to which teams might fall prey is an...

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The Combine Actually Matters, Part Three: Predicting the Draft

February 25, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Bill Lotter Yesterday, we saw that we can predict future NFL success from the combine.  We compared the prediction accuracy of our model to the implicit predictions made by the draft.  Today we ask a different question: ...

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The Combine Actually Matters, Part Two

February 24, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Bill Lotter Yesterday I made a bunch of claims about the NFL Combine.  Now it’s time to back it up.  For quantifying performance, I explained why I will be using the 3 Year Approximate Value (3YAV).  Just think of this as...

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The NFL Combine Actually Matters

February 23, 2015
by harvardsports
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by Bill Lotter It’s a simple question.  Does the combine actually matter?  Or it is just an over-hyped meat market?  In answering these questions, there’s two ways we could look at things:  1. Does performance at the...

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

February 18, 2015
by harvardsports
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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
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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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