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Are The Jets Tanking, Or Are They Just This Bad?

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): It’s Monday, and we still have three games remaining in Week 13. Such is life in the pandemic NFL. But the games that have been played so far were something else. Let’s start by talking about bad teams doing some bad things. Yes, that’s right: We have to talk about […]

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Are Bad NFL Defenses Breaking Win Probability Models?

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Week 7 of the NFL season gave us a LOT to unpack: The Atlanta Falcons lost yet another game they seemed to have sewn up, while the Dallas Cowboys lost another quarterback during a truly dreadful defeat at the hands of the Washington Football Team. And who could forget the […]

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The New-Look Patriots Are Still Finding Ways To Win

Editor’s note: The Steelers-Titans game, which we originally highlighted for Week 4, has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 cases. Three weeks of play are in the books for the post-Tom Brady New England Patriots, and the early results have been … well, still relatively Patriots-like. New England is 2-1, winning against the Miami Dolphins […]

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The Big Injuries And Epic Comebacks From Week 2 Of The NFL Season

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): Week 2 of the NFL season saw a classic Sunday night matchup, a very familiar collapse and a list of brutal injuries. Let’s start with the worst part of the day: Sunday brought major injuries to major stars across the league, with massive implications for the rest of the season. […]

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