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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Unpatriotic defense The Patriots offense has been great, as usual, but their defense is on pace to be the worst NFL defense since 2006. Looking at expected points added (EPA) per game, the Patriots have been coughing up 12.2 points per game and allowing an average 116.5 passer rating. [FiveThirtyEight] […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Unpatriotic defense The Patriots offense has been great, as usual, but their defense is on pace to be the worst NFL defense since 2006. Looking at expected points added (EPA) per game, the Patriots have been coughing up 12.2 points per game and allowing an average 116.5 passer rating. [FiveThirtyEight] […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 2, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Kareem Hunt is incredible Rookie running back Kareem Hunt has opened his NFL career with a staggeringly good trifecta of games. He’s accumulated 538 rushing and receiving yards in three starts for the Kansas City Chiefs, with a fourth game tonight against Washington on Monday Night Football. Of the 812 […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 2, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Kareem Hunt is incredible Rookie running back Kareem Hunt has opened his NFL career with a staggeringly good trifecta of games. He’s accumulated 538 rushing and receiving yards in three starts for the Kansas City Chiefs, with a fourth game tonight against Washington on Monday Night Football. Of the 812 […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Please ensure your heckling is unhelpful A Yankee fan was tossed from a game Tuesday after attempting to call out forthcoming pitches to batter Gary Sanchez. Umpire Dan Bellino heard the increasingly helpful calls from fifteen rows behind home plate and had the man removed, because apparently it’s perfectly fine […]

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