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It May Not Matter How Much Young Talent NFL Teams Have

The St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings combined to go 18-29-1 last season. This season, those three teams rank highest in Football Outsiders’ annual ranking of franchises according to the amount of under-age-25 talent on hand.  Should fans of those teams start planning for the Super Bowl in a few years? Is there evidence that teams ranked highly in such “young […]

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It May Not Matter How Much Young Talent NFL Teams Have

The St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings combined to go 18-29-1 last season. This season, those three teams rank highest in Football Outsiders’ annual ranking of franchises according to the amount of under-age-25 talent on hand.  Should fans of those teams start planning for the Super Bowl in a few years? Is there evidence that teams ranked highly in such “young […]

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