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Random Perspective On: The 2012 Dallas Cowboys
When thinking about the 2012 Cowboys, it’s easy to focus on Dallas’ star offensive players. Unfortunately, that overshadows the fact that we’re witnessing the prime of the career of what will end up...
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Random Perspective On: The 2012 New York Giants
The NFL's version of Two Face. The 2011 Giants were one of the more confusing teams in recent memory. Will this year’s the Giants play like the defending Super Bowl champions or the team that allowed...
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Giants-Cowboys is another referendum on Manning and Romo
The third and fourth most popular quarterbacks in New York this week. There are few nights as precious as tonight, the official start of the 2012 regular season. Even after tonight, 255 regular season...
View ArticleNYT Fifth Down: Post-week 12
My article for the New York Times this week takes a look at one interesting statistic for each of the eight division winners. Atlanta Falcons – Record in Close Games In 2010, Atlanta raced to a 10-2...
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Season in review: AFC and NFC East
This season, I published power rankings after each week where I stated my updated projected number of wins for each team. The point of those posts was to put in writing my thoughts at that time, so...
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Charting Eli Manning’s career, in five and ten game increments
In October 2009, Neil Paine wrote that Eli Manning had seemingly turned the corner, starting with the five-game stretch from week 17 of the 2007 season that ended in the Super Bowl. And since that...
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Breaking Down David Wilson’s 84-yard Touchdown Run Against the Jets
Last night, David Wilson ran 84 yards for a touchdown on the Giants first play from scrimmage. Without being touched. How does that happen? Let’s start with a look from the end zone right at the snap:...
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Putting the NFC East Schedules Under the Microscope
Can you believe we get to play in the NFC East? Let’s pretend that each team in the NFC East is equal in strength. That’s probably not true, of course, but I wan to stipulate that Eli Manning = Robert...
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Predictions in Review: NFC East
During the 2013 offseason, I wrote 32 articles under the RPO 2013 tag. In my Predictions in Review series, I review those preview articles with the benefit of hindsight. Previously, I reviewed the AFC...
View ArticleNew York Times, Post Week-5 (2014): From 0-2 to 3-2
This week at the New York Times, I look at a pair of teams that have gone from 0-2 to 3-2, a statistical rarity, and a league-wide passing trend: About three weeks ago, you probably heard some...
View ArticleThe Giants Have Had Terrible Fumble Recovery Luck In 2016
On average, the fumbling team has recovered 56% of all fumbles this year. But that hasn’t been the case with the Giants. New York has fumbled 11 times this year, which means you would expect them to...
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New York Blues
Over the Jets last 32 games, New York is 10-22, a 0.3125 winning percentage. Over the Giants last 32 games, New York is also 10-22. For the Giants, that numbers is a bit backloaded: Big Blue is 4-20 in...
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