The San Francisco 49ers’ free fall continued Sunday, when a 17-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers dropped their record to 1-3 on the season. After an exceedingly tumultuous offseason, the Niners’ slow start has made their Elo rating (our favorite system for estimating an NFL team’s strength) the lowest it’s been since early in […]
The San Francisco 49ers’ free fall continued Sunday, when a 17-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers dropped their record to 1-3 on the season. After an exceedingly tumultuous offseason, the Niners’ slow start has made their Elo rating (our favorite system for estimating an NFL team’s strength) the lowest it’s been since early in […]
In preparation for the 2015 NFL season, FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight division previews, each highlighting the numbers that may influence a team’s performance (including projections and rankings based on ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index). This is our NFC West preview. Football isn’t baseball, where it’s easy to size up a player’s value […]
In preparation for the 2015 NFL season, FiveThirtyEight is running a series of eight division previews, each highlighting the numbers that may influence a team’s performance (including projections and rankings based on ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index). This is our NFC West preview. Football isn’t baseball, where it’s easy to size up a player’s value […]
