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NFL Why These 5 Matchups Could Be the NFL’s Most Exciting in 2021 Everyone might be talking about this season's Bucs-Pats and Chiefs-Pack matchups, but the best narratives don't always produce the best contests. We explain. 9 months ago Nicholas McGee
NFL Burn and Open Rates: When QB Performance Is Removed From the Receiver-Defender Matchup We examine how burn and open percentages measure the impact of pass-catchers and their defenders by taking the passer out of the equation. 9 months ago Greg Gifford, Taylor Bechtold
NFL Save the Last Dance: How the Packers Can Make a Rodgers-Adams Swansong Successful Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams are crucial to Green Bay's success, but have the Packers done enough around them to make their 'last dance' one to remember? 9 months ago Nicholas McGee
NFL Which QBs Make the Most Well-Thrown and Least Pickable Passes? Because stats like completion percentage and quarterback rating don’t tell the whole story, we examine what well-thrown and pickable pass percentages reveal. 9 months ago Greg Gifford, Taylor Bechtold
NFL NFL Positional Rankings: The Best, Worst, and Most Improved Pass-Catching Units We've ranked every group of wideouts and tight ends by its collective open percentage, providing better insight into these units heading into 2021. 9 months ago Nicholas McGee
NFL Airing It Out: The Highest-Scoring Games in NFL History Ten of the 11 seasons that featured the most passing attempts per game took place between 2011-2020. And the average game totaled a record high of 49.6 points in 2020. 10 months ago Justin Sweetwood
NFL Where Tampa’s Run Ranks Among the Best Sports Years of All Time The three major sports teams in the Tampa area shined this past year. But where does this stretch rank among the best professional sports years for a metro area? 10 months ago Donald Kolakowski
NFL Which Holdouts Have Built the Best Cases for a New Contract? Several high-profile NFL players are holding out of training camp in search of new deals. We examine which players most deserve the lucrative contracts they seek. 10 months ago Nicholas McGee
