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Author: Ahmed Cheema

NFL

Expected Field Goal Percentage: A Better Way to Analyze Kicking

Posted onFebruary 12, 2019February 20, 2019

Football kicking analysis is typically limited to field goal percentage. Expected field goal percentage (xFG%) adds greater context to placekicking.

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Adjusted Passer Rating: Modernizing the Age-Old Metric

Posted onFebruary 11, 2019February 20, 2019

Adjusted Passer Rating is a refined version of traditional passer rating. The new metric fixes passer rating’s many flaws while also adjusting for era.

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Why Passer Rating Is Broken

Posted onFebruary 10, 2019December 17, 2019

Despite its many flaws, the same flimsy version of passer rating has been used by the NFL since the Vietnam War. It’s time to fix it.

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Shooting Efficiency Reimagined: Expected Effective Field Goal Percentage

Posted onFebruary 5, 2019February 5, 2020

XeFG% factors in shot location and the strength of defensive contest in order to contextualize traditional shooting metrics.

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Super Bowl Ratings Are Down — Again

Posted onFebruary 4, 2019November 13, 2021

For the second straight year, the early ratings for the Super Bowl are the worst since the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.

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Debunking the Myth That the Officiating in the NFC Championship Game Was Balanced

Posted onJanuary 29, 2019February 20, 2019

Recently, many fans have been painting the false picture that bad calls favoring the Saints make up for the infamous no-call on Nickell Robey-Coleman.

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The NFL’s Player Safety Facade

Posted onJanuary 27, 2019January 27, 2019

Don’t let the NFL fool you — they don’t truly care about the safety of their players. They only care about their revenue. The facts prove it.

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Is the NFL Going to Wait for the Super Bowl to Be Ruined by Bad Officiating Before Changes are Made?

Posted onJanuary 21, 2019January 21, 2019

We can’t keep avoiding the obvious problem in NFL officiating. It’s time to extend the use of instant replay to pass-interference penalties.

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Message to NFL Coaches: Stop Being Stupid on Fourth Downs

Posted onJanuary 17, 2019January 23, 2019

The game of football is changing before our eyes and coaching conventions need to change with it.

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