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Why Don’t NFL Teams Pay NBA Players to Block Kicks?
Recently I listened to an episode of Freakonomics Radio where they talked about specialization in the NFL. Specifically, they were talking about how the long snapper position has become something that NFL teams specifically draft for and pay upwards of $1 million a year to have on their 53-man roster. This got me wondering: what…
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Each Power-5 team starts at 1500, and from there they gain and lose points based on their results. Win a game you are supposed to: your rating may go up a few points. But win a game you were a massive underdog in? You’ll shoot up the rankings.
Adjustments are made for home-field advantage, conference, and turnover in the offseason.
This allows us to give win-probabilities for each matchup based on each team’s Elo rating.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but simply having a lot of passing yards and rushing yards does not win you football games. That’s why we look a bit deeper at the stats that make a difference.
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