Category Archives: NFL Football

Links We Like: 3/29/13

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

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 contract at FanGraphs … Continue reading →

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Do NFL Teams Think the Combine Matters: Defense

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

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. This analysis, coupled … Continue reading →

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Do NFL Teams Think the Combine Matters: Offense

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

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 for each position. The original article used … Continue reading →

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Grading the Accuracy of ESPN and Football Outsiders’ Power Rankings

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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, screaming that their team is actually … Continue reading →

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Profile of an NFL Fanbase: Are all 13 year old girls bandwagon fans?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Who is Really America’s Team?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

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 to read both. You … Continue reading →

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The Optimal Strategy for Playing Squares

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

By Nick Jaroszewicz, Anthony Zonfrelli, and Harry Chiel It’s no secret that Super Bowl Sunday is a day full of betting. Super Bowl prop bets are notorious indulgences during America’s most watched game, and one of the most popular games … Continue reading →

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HSAC on Grantland: There Is No Red Zone

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

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.

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Russell Wilson: 2012′s Most Valuable Player

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

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 “valuable.” There are many … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

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 … Continue reading →

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