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Beside The Points For Friday, Dec. 1, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Kansas City shuffling out of the playoffs The Chiefs have been really bad for the past several weeks, so bad that their very season is in jeopardy. Looking at their team’s Elo rating between Week 5 and Week 12, the -116 point difference is the largest meltdown observed of teams […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 27, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Best football game of the weekend Last night the Toronto Argonauts pulled off a come-from-behind victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League championship game, the Grey Cup. Down 17-8 by half time, Toronto mounted an immense second half and tied the game 24-24 on a two point […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 27, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Best football game of the weekend Last night the Toronto Argonauts pulled off a come-from-behind victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League championship game, the Grey Cup. Down 17-8 by half time, Toronto mounted an immense second half and tied the game 24-24 on a two point […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 20, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Awful year to be a quarterback Based on Football Outsiders’ Adjusted Games Lost metric, the NFL’s quarterback corps are at 77.8 adjusted games lost in 2017 ahead of this past weekend. Andrew Luck, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Tannehill, Sam Bradford, Carson Palmer, Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, Derek Carr, Marcus Mariota, and […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Nov. 20, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Awful year to be a quarterback Based on Football Outsiders’ Adjusted Games Lost metric, the NFL’s quarterback corps are at 77.8 adjusted games lost in 2017 ahead of this past weekend. Andrew Luck, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Tannehill, Sam Bradford, Carson Palmer, Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, Derek Carr, Marcus Mariota, and […]

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