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NFL 2018: The Good, The Bad And The Browns

The NFL regular season finally kicks off Thursday night with a playoff rematch between the Atlanta Falcons and the defending-champion Philadelphia Eagles, and in preparation for the new season, FiveThirtyEight is relaunching its NFL prediction interactive. We’ll be using our NFL Elo ratings to track how every team stacks up all year long. For now, […]

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If Le’Veon Bell Can’t Get Quarterback Money, What Running Back Can?

When superstar running back Le’Veon Bell rejoins the Pittsburgh Steelers in preparation for the 2018 season — whenever that may be — he’ll have to get reacclimated to NFL life quickly. As part of a contract dispute, Bell has been training away from the team, reportedly planning to return just before the regular season begins. […]

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The Preseason Favorite Is A Good Bet To Lose The Super Bowl

The 2018 NFL season kicks off in two weeks, and for the third consecutive year — and eighth time since 2005 — the New England Patriots are the betting markets’ preseason favorites to win the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers are all currently tied as the next most favored, […]

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The Way Everybody Measures NFL Schedule Strength? It’s Wrong.

After Thursday night’s two-hour special on the NFL Network, we now know exactly what every NFL team’s schedule looks like for the upcoming season. But what we don’t know is how hard any of those schedules will be. Every year when the schedules are released, NFL analysts ritually compare the strength of the 32 teams’ […]

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The Way Everybody Measures NFL Schedule Strength? It’s Wrong.

After Thursday night’s two-hour special on the NFL Network, we now know exactly what every NFL team’s schedule looks like for the upcoming season. But what we don’t know is how hard any of those schedules will be. Every year when the schedules are released, NFL analysts ritually compare the strength of the 32 teams’ […]

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