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Measuring team chemistry with social science theory

Every athlete, professional or otherwise, talks about that feeling of being on a team. There’s something that happens when a team “clicks” – it’s a united feeling of team spirit that propels team members to compete, most often referred to…

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Why the Washington Redskins need to draft a running back

Not long ago, the duo of Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris gave Washington a combination of youth and productivity that suggested good things were in the team’s future. Of course, that has not been the case. The team hasn’t won a playoff game…

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Michael Crabtree, the Oakland Raiders, and the stages of regret

Just like normal people, football teams sometimes make regrettable decisions. The echoed cries of coaches and NFL front offices that lament, “I really wish we ran the ball on 2nd-and1,” are no doubt the swan songs in the pantheon of football…

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How good was Troy Polamalu’s career?

The laws of nature are clear-cut for most predators. Catch your food, kill it, and eat it. It also helps if you’re bigger, faster, stronger, or smarter than thing you’re trying to catch. Out of all the predators we’ve documented,…

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Homes, Domes, Temperatures and Running Back Fantasy Points

It’s 2014, Sunday morning week 14: game day. It’s time to make the final changes to your fantasy football lineup, and you need a win — badly. You have one last RB slot to fill, and you’ve narrowed your choices…

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The Player Charcter Inventory

Welcome to the PCI! This assessment tool was designed to provide insight into who you are as an athlete. The questions address a wide range of characteristics and situations. Please be as honest as possible because your answers will allow…

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Sloan 2015: The Gilded Age of Analytics

“It was like my entire Twitter suddenly came alive.” The popularity, even for the nerdiest of humans, was difficult to deny. Their glistening faces were certainly the main attraction for most attendees and the major come-on for cash starved ESPN…

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3-4 vs. 4-3 Defense: Linebackers Rule?

Figure 1. Pearson correlation between regular season wins and salary cap spent on linebackers As things slow down and we enter the offseason, the biggest questions for most teams revolve around player acquisition: Who should we draft? Which free agents…

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Name a Mobile Quarterback Who Won the Superbowl Besides Russell Wilson

Stumped? That’s because you’d have to go all the way back to Steve Young in 1994, some 20 years ago, to find another “mobile quarterback” who led his team to a championship. Despite this fact, there has been a growing…

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Thrown for a Loop: Passing Attempts are Up, Interceptions Aren’t

Even to the common fan, it seems clear that NFL offenses are increasingly relying on the pass to rack up yards and points. Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees set one record or another each year — or even…

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