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The Holidays have come and gone, but there is still plenty of reason for cheer; we’re in the midst of an incredibly exciting end of the NFL season. At the moment, three teams have a legitimate shot at earning the #1 seed in the AFC, both the AFC South and NFC South are completely up for grabs, and 15 teams who haven’t clinched a postseason … Continue reading NFL Week 17 Game-By-Game Previews
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In football, they call it “any given Sunday” for a reason; you never know when you’re going to witness something you’ve never seen before. In Week 15, we didn’t even have to wait for Sunday for the excitement to start, with the Vikings completing the largest comeback in NFL history on Saturday, followed by a Dolphins-Bills showdown that was certainly worth the price of admission. … Continue reading NFL Week 16 Game-By-Game Previews
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How is it already September? In some ways, it feels like it’s been a lifetime since the Rams and Bengals were facing each other in the Super Bowl, yet it also feels like yesterday that that the Cowboys and Buccaneers opened up the 2021 season in Tampa Bay. I don’t even know how to explain how that is possible, but, then again, when do sports … Continue reading 2022 NFL Season Preview: Projections/Predictions For All 32 Teams
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Life is about evolving. At some point in your life, you weren’t able to walk, but look at you now! Heck, there was a time where I wouldn’t have had the technological resources to talk to you here! As much as we like it or not, change is natural over time, and it’s up to us to learn to embrace. Think about this when it … Continue reading 2022 NFL Season Preview: Ranking, Projecting, & Tiering Every Running Back
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Is it that time of year again? Somehow, someway, we are just two weeks away from the start of the 2022 NFL season. Wait, what? It feels it was just yesterday that we were simply trying to catch our breath after an offseason of unprecedented player movement. Now, though, it is time to take a step back, and gear up for what ought to be … Continue reading 2022 NFL Season Preview: Ranking, Projecting, & Tiering Every Quarterback
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“This player is having a good year, but his xwOBA is slightly lower than his wOBA, so he’s going to get worse.” This is a common phrase you’ll hear within the baseball analysis community. To be fair, with the data made available to us, it’s easy to come to conclusions like this. However, it’s not always about the data made available to us, but the … Continue reading MLB Deep Dive: How To Use Expected Stats Properly
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There is no more exciting time in the NFL, in my opinion, than the NFL Draft. Studies have shown that successful rosters are built through the draft, and it makes sense; the top players tend to be kept by their respective teams, and thus don’t often reach free agency. The surplus value of getting a cost-controlled player for four years, in addition to a fifth-year … Continue reading Changing The Way We Evaluate NFL QB Prospects
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They say that a run prevented is as important as a run scored, and this checks out. In fact, based on the coefficient of determination (r^2) for the two variables, a run prevented has actually been more correlated with team success than a run scored. This has been labeled as the “run prevention era”, and just by that measure, this would appear to be the … Continue reading MLB Study: Rethinking How We Look At Team Defense
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Once upon a time, quarterbacks were expected to be statues in the pocket. As the team’s signal-caller, your job was to simply pass the ball and execute a game plan. If you weren’t a pocket passer, there probably was a lot of momentum for you to move to a different position. This was a much simpler time of football analysis, but now, the game has … Continue reading NFL Deep Dive: How Important Is Mobility At The Quarterback Position?
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In baseball, prospects are generally seen as a crapshoot, and it is easy to see why. According to Scott McKinney of Royals Review, of Baseball America’s top 100 prospects from 1996-2003, nearly 70% of them posted Wins Above Replacements (WAR) on average of 1.50 or less. Considering that these are supposed to be the premier young players in the sports, such a high rate is … Continue reading Analyzing The Stability of Amateur Baseball Players’ Statistics
At some point, can we sit back and acknowledge the absurdity that has been the 2022-2023 NFL season? Think about this; in a week where the Broncos were eliminated from the postseason and the Rams needed a comeback by Baker Mayfield to win their fourth game, we’re talking about the Lions, Seahawks, Giants, and Commanders as postseason contenders. Plus, Tom Brady lost by four touchdowns … Continue reading NFL Week 15 Game-By-Game Previews
In an NFL season, you’d assume all 17 weeks count the same, but when you have a slate of games with a lot on the line for both teams, the effects are much greater. In Week 13, we saw the Bills recapture the #1 seed, the NFC postseason picture likely condensed to two NFC East teams, the Bengals make a push to win the AFC … Continue reading NFL Week 14 Game-By-Game Previews
December is here, which means one thing- we’re getting to the stretch run of the NFL season! As the weather cools, the postseason races continue to heat up, with five of eight divisions still being hotly contested, and the wildcard standings completely up in the air. Who would’ve thought a Commanders-Giants game in Week 13 would have legitimate playoff implications for both teams? In a … Continue reading NFL Week 13 Game-By-Game Previews
Wait, it’s already Thanksgiving week? How time flies by when we’re having fun! It that statement holds up, then continuing to watch Patrick Mahomes accomplish unprecedented achievements is going to have our lives flying by quicker than Maverick on a fly by. By this point, we’re starting to see the postseason picture become much more clearer, and, boy, could the top-tier teams be anymore entertaining? … Continue reading NFL Week 12 Game-By-Game Previews
Folks, are you not entertained? In Week 10, we witnessed arguably one of the best games in the 21st century, a Packers 14-point overtime comeback victory against the Cowboys, the largest underdog of the week (Commanders) defeat the previously lone remaining undefeated team (Eagles), and Justin Fields casually rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns, because why not. It’s an exciting time in the NFL; … Continue reading 2022 NFL Week 11 Game-By-Game Previews
We’re officially through nine weeks of the season, which, to quote Bon Jovi, means we’re halfway there! Alas, in what has been a turbulent season thus far, plenty of unexpected teams find themselves living on a prayer. Whether they make it? I cannot swear. Anyways, with four games decided exactly by a 20-17 score, the Bills losing as double-digit favorites to the Jets, the Chiefs … Continue reading 2022 NFL Week 10 Game-By-Game Previews
What a week thus far! Generally, the NFL trade deadline, for a multitude of reasons, has much less activity than the respective trade deadlines of the MLB and NBA. This season, though, was much different; the ten trades made on deadline day was an NFL record, which is interesting in a season with so much parity. On one end, the more teams that seemingly have … Continue reading 2022 NFL Week 9 Game-By-Game Previews
Is that the sound of in-season trades that I hear? We already saw Christian McCaffrey traded to the 49ers last week in exchange for extensive draft capital, but now Bears edge rusher Robert Quinn is on his way to Philadelphia, and rumors are heating up regarding notable wide receivers and edge rushers. In a season with so much parity, there are plenty of teams in … Continue reading 2022 NFL Week 8 Game-By-Game Previews
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