Total (Playoffs) –SU: 4-0 ATS: 1-3 O/U: 3-1 Wildcards – SU: 4-0 ATS: 1-3 O/U: 3-1   Detroit at Seattle Prediction: Seahawks 24-18 (68.2%) Pick: Lions +8 Total: Under 44 Oakland at Houston Prediction: Texans 20-19 (53.0%) Pick: Raiders +3.5 Total: Over 36.5 NY Giants at Green Bay Prediction: Packers 25-19 (65.0%) Pick: Packers -4.5 Total: Under 44.5 Miami at Pittsburgh Prediction: Steelers 26-20…

Two America’s in one graph (Source).  Clearly what this graph is showing is that liberals love abortion and conservatives love killing people #sarcasm.  On a serious note, it’s really disheartening how far apart these two sides are.  It’s as if there isn’t any common ground anymore. Cheers.

I was looking at some Dallas Cowboys (13-3) stats the other day, and I thought to myself that I had seen this before.  By “this” I mean a team with a really good record, but you just aren’t convinced by the team somehow.  Where have I seen it before?  2015 Carolina Panthers.  The Panthers were…

With the NFL playoffs coming up this weekend, I got to thinking about the NFL schedule and how that could help or hurt a team trying to make the playoffs.  A full half of an NFL team’s schedule is essentially random based on a rotating formula.  So, I wanted to look to see if there…

Inspired by this, I thought I would do my own take on this idea.  The plot below shows each of the 8 NFL divisions with the AFC on the left and the NFC on the right.  The height of the bar in each square is the number of wins for that team in that season.…

Originally posted on StatsbyLopez: Note: This post is a bit longer than usual. It’s part tutorial and part analysis. Feel free to jump to the conclusions, which are (I think) quite interesting. Additionally, the data and code are posted on Github. The 2016 NFL regular season has ended, and with it has come the usual coaching carousel in…

2014 Record 2015 Record My record 2016: Total (weeks 1-15) –SU: 131-75 ATS: 89-102-3 O/U: 100-102-4 Week 1 – SU: 12-4 ATS: 10-5-1 O/U: 5-10-1 Week 2 – SU: 9-7 ATS: 7-9 O/U: 9-6-1 Week 3 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 12-3-1 O/U 9-7 Week 4 – SU: 6-8 ATS: 9-5 O/U 6-8 Week 5 – SU: 10-4…

2014 Record 2015 Record My record 2016: Total (weeks 1-15) –SU: 131-75 ATS: 89-102-3 O/U: 100-102-4 Week 1 – SU: 12-4 ATS: 10-5-1 O/U: 5-10-1 Week 2 – SU: 9-7 ATS: 7-9 O/U: 9-6-1 Week 3 – SU: 8-8 ATS: 12-3-1 O/U 9-7 Week 4 – SU: 6-8 ATS: 9-5 O/U 6-8 Week 5 – SU: 10-4…

So a few years ago, I proposed a measure of quarterback performance called RIPPEN, but I haven’t kept up with the updating of it.  Today, I had some time so I updated it for the past few years (with some new modifications). Below are the the results ordered from best to worst in 2016. So…