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2009 Postseason DVOA I
Once again, we update weighted DVOA through the postseason, with Baltimore as the new team on top. Plus: Mike Scifres vs. Matt Turk.
Recent Features
Icon Sports Media
Once again, we update weighted DVOA through the postseason, with Baltimore as the new team on top. Plus: Mike Scifres vs. Matt Turk.
Recent Features
Once again, we update weighted DVOA through the postseason, with Baltimore as the new team on top. Plus: Mike Scifres vs. Matt Turk.
This week's Cover-3 looks at Wild Card matchups based on games from Weeks 7, 12, and 17. Should Miami bag the Wildcat? Can LT2 outrun a Bullitt? And what is Philly's secret weapon?
It's time to say goodbye to the Loser League and announce our Part II winner, then say hello to the annual playoff fantasy contest! Plus: A Buffalo lineman chops wood in just 22 seconds.
There's a lot more to the life of a general manager than big trades and draft day decisions. Mike Tanier reveals the secrets he learned from Charley Casserly about the daily schedule of an NFL exec. Plus, game previews and the best way to protect a rookie quarterback.
An abbreviated Week In Quotes takes on a hair craze this week -- it's just that no one's crazy about anyone else's hair.
On Saturday, Arizona surprised with ball control and physical play, and the Falcons went down in a blaze of Larry Fitzgerald. On Sunday, we learned that a few hot weeks don't make you an elite quarterback.
Buckeyes or Longhorns? Refresh yourself with the wisdom of our college football experts before tonight's Fiesta Bowl, then use this thread for in-game comments.
The BCS matchups are set and Russell Levine checks in with some thoughts, along with the final JLS Trophy and BlogPoll ballot of the regular season.
Buckeyes or Longhorns? Refresh yourself with the wisdom of our college football experts before tonight's Fiesta Bowl, then use this thread for in-game comments.
Bill Connelly looks at the rates for success in college football for different down-and-distance situations. Sometimes you should go for it, and sometimes you should dust off the quick kick.
Will Carroll looks at the key injuries to playoff teams, shares some thoughts on Tom Brady's recovery, and analyzes at how committees at running back succeed (or fail) at preventing injuries.
31 Dec 2009, 11:32am by Russell Levine
Buckeyes or Longhorns? Refresh yourself with the wisdom of our college football experts before tonight's Fiesta Bowl, then use this thread for in-game comments.
06 Jan 2009, 01:10pm by Aaron Schatz
Once again, we update weighted DVOA through the postseason, with Baltimore as the new team on top. Plus: Mike Scifres vs. Matt Turk.
05 Jan 2009, 04:40pm by Ned Macey
Ned Macey compares Arizona to other bad teams that won playoff games.
05 Jan 2009, 04:17pm by Bill Barnwell
How did Darren Sproles get -2 DYAR? Well, he did the worst thing a back can do with the ball in his hands.
05 Jan 2009, 10:01am by Doug Farrar
On Saturday, Arizona surprised with ball control and physical play, and the Falcons went down in a blaze of Larry Fitzgerald. On Sunday, we learned that a few hot weeks don't make you an elite quarterback.
04 Jan 2009, 10:10pm by Doug Farrar
In the AFC Wild Card edition of Audibles: The Chargers eke out an overtime squeaker thanks to a pinball and a punter, while the Ravens assert their superiority and expose the holes on Miami's roster.
02 Jan 2009, 06:08pm by Aaron Schatz
The Cinderella Falcons take on the Cardinals, who saw the clock strike midnight around Week 7, while the frustrating and inconsistent Eagles meet the frustrating and even more inconsistent Vikings. Aaron Schatz has things covered for the NFC wild card games.
02 Jan 2009, 02:50pm by Bill Barnwell
Bill Barnwell analyzes film of the first Baltimore-Miami and Indianapolis-San Diego games to reveal some things likely to rear their heads again this weekend, plus the usual FO playoff preview stats and tables.
02 Jan 2009, 10:14am by Mike Tanier
There's a lot more to the life of a general manager than big trades and draft day decisions. Mike Tanier reveals the secrets he learned from Charley Casserly about the daily schedule of an NFL exec. Plus, game previews and the best way to protect a rookie quarterback.
02 Jan 2009, 08:46am by Bill Barnwell
An abbreviated Week In Quotes takes on a hair craze this week -- it's just that no one's crazy about anyone else's hair.
01 Jan 2009, 09:09pm by Aaron Schatz
Here's our look at the wild card matchups over at ESPN. You may notice Numbers Crunching is going to a new format for the playoffs, with half the tidbits available to all readers and half available on ESPN Insider. Don't worry -- this isn't the only playoff previewing we'll be doing. You'll also get Walkthrough on Friday morning and the usual stat-packed previews on Friday afternoon.
01 Jan 2009, 12:40pm by Doug Farrar
This week's Cover-3 looks at Wild Card matchups based on games from Weeks 7, 12, and 17. Should Miami bag the Wildcat? Can LT2 outrun a Bullitt? And what is Philly's secret weapon?
31 Dec 2008, 01:30pm by Vince Verhei and Ben Riley
It's time to say goodbye to the Loser League and announce our Part II winner, then say hello to the annual playoff fantasy contest! Plus: A Buffalo lineman chops wood in just 22 seconds.
30 Dec 2008, 10:52pm by Ned Macey
Ned Macey re-examines the Jets's to decision to turn away from Chad Pennington -- and reminds us that it originally had nothing to do with the availability of Brett Favre.
30 Dec 2008, 03:40pm by Will Carroll
Will Carroll looks at the key injuries to playoff teams, shares some thoughts on Tom Brady's recovery, and analyzes at how committees at running back succeed (or fail) at preventing injuries.