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Tristram Taylor
Rants
Quarterbacks as X-Men Characters
Back in 2003 I decided to take the (then) current crop of NFL quarterbacks and compare them to characters from the Marvel X-Men comics. It was fun and stupid and weirdly outdated now? There are a few that are no longer starters and a few that make less sense with
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Analytics Audible: Contact Balance Index
What is Contact Balance Index? The name Contact Balance Index is a boring AI derived label for a pretty cool stat that should be called something like Grit-Factor or The Get-The-Fuck-Off-Me Gene. It's a rushing stat that looks at the relationship between A rusher's yards before
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How Good Is Terry McLaurin — And Should Your Team Trade for Him?
Very. Yes. Oh you're expecting more? Okay. I have a friend who is a Commanders fan. He texted me a few days ago asking if he should be worried about the Terry McLaurin contract situation. I texted him this: Terry is and has been one of the Washington
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NFL First Down Technology
Last night was the Hall of Fame pre-season game which acts as the unofficial start to the new NFL season. I did not sit down and watch the game, choosing to consume it after its been processed and filtered through the social media machine. Truth be told, it's
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Predicting Win Totals (part 1)
I like playing with predictive models. Keep in mind, I'm no Nate Silver. I don't have the time, intelligence, resources, patience... you get it. But I find them interesting. In the interest of getting one out here I whipped one up pretty hastily. I recognize that
Fantasy
Fantasy Players On New Teams in 2024
I was thinking about players that changed teams in the offseason and it made me think about how some of the most successful fantasy players last season were on new teams. Of course, I wanted to take a closer look... I have the table above sorted by 2024 points per
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The Most Lopsided Teams in the NFL
My last post focused on the offensive/defensive DVOA rankings for all 32 teams in the NFL last season. I made a few comments about a couple teams but today I want to dig a little deeper. Specifically, I want to look at the teams with the biggest difference between
Who Am I?
Much like the bag in the fridge labeled "dead dove don't eat" contained exactly what you'd expect it to contain, I am exactly who this blog says I am: Just Some Guy. I like mathematics and I like football so this is where those