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Why fourth-down maths changed the NFL
Going for it on fourth down went from reckless to routine in a decade. The arithmetic did not change — the willingness to be seen following it did.
SportsArena365 original · Feature · 3 min read
The short season and the weight of a Sunday
The NFL plays fewer games than any other major league, and that single fact explains its scheduling, its drama and its unfairness in equal measure.
SportsArena365 original · Analysis · 3 min read
Field position still decides close games
Offences have never been better at moving the ball, and the yard line a drive starts on still quietly settles most tight afternoons.
SportsArena365 original · Blog · 3 min read
Quarterback wins is a bad statistic and we should stop using it
Opinion: crediting one player with a result produced by fifty-three is the laziest habit in football conversation.
SportsArena365 original · Blog · 3 min read
The draft is a lottery we have agreed to call a science
Opinion: months of confident forecasting sit on top of a process that is mostly uncertainty, and pretending otherwise makes everyone worse at judging it.
SportsArena365 original · Analysis · 3 min read
The quiet genius of play-action
A fake handoff only works if the threat behind it is real. Play-action is less a trick than a tax on a defence that has to respect the run.
