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Walkthrough: Southern Gothic

It's Midnight in the Garden of Senior Bowl coverage as Mike Tanier finds himself stuck inside of Mobile with the Kirk Cousins blues again. From Mardi Gras to mumble-speak, its the Deep South like you never saw it before.

33 comments, Last Comment at 29 Jan 2012, 8:41pm by Moridin

Jan 26, 2012 10:03am by Mike Tanier || read all Walkthrough articles

Conference Championship DVOA Ratings

Updated DVOA ratings, and an explanation of why 2007 isn't exactly like 2011.

205 comments, Last Comment at 28 Jan 2012, 3:01am by Dizzy

Jan 23, 2012 02:34pm by Aaron Schatz || read all DVOA Rankings and Analysis articles

Conf. Championship Quick Reads

With Tom Brady and Eli Manning set to square off in the Super Bowl (again), we measure their status among playoff quarterbacks in recent history.

162 comments, Last Comment at 29 Jan 2012, 3:26am by greybeard

Jan 24, 2012 06:33am GMT by Vince Verhei || read all Quick Reads articles

Cover-2: The No-Huddle Defense

John Wooden used to say, "Be quick, but don't hurry." The best way to beat complex defenses is to find ways to do both on a regular basis.

18 comments, Last Comment at 28 Nov 2011, 5:28pm by tuluse

Oct 20, 2011 12:56pm by Doug Farrar || read all Cover-2 articles

Super Bowl XVLI Prop Bet Extravaganza!

It's that time of year! Grab on to your brain cells, grab a stash of fake cash, and join Mike and Tom in some of the most insane bets you'll ever pretend to make!

22 comments, Last Comment at 4:01am by Marko

Feb 01, 2012 03:40pm by Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower || read all Scramble articles

Word of Muth: Super Bowl Preview

Word of Muth looks at the Super Bowl offensive lines and speculates that Nate Solder may need some help on Sunday.

112 comments, Last Comment at 1:21am by RickD

Jan 31, 2012 09:57am by Ben Muth || read all Word Of Muth articles

Audibles at the Line: Conference Championships

It's 2007 all over again.

275 comments, Last Comment at 26 Jan 2012, 7:54pm by MJK

Jan 23, 2012 08:49am GMT by Rivers McCown || read all Audibles articles

Final 2011 FEI Ratings

FEI says LSU still had the best overall season, even if it wasn't the national champion. We also produce a list of the best single-game performances this season, by FEI.

41 comments, Last Comment at 18 Jan 2012, 1:20am by AnonymousBoob

Jan 11, 2012 05:31am by Brian Fremeau || read all Fremeau Efficiency Ratings Articles

One Foot Inbounds: Bama Beatdown

A retrospective of the decisive BCS Championship game, where Alabama redeemed itself.

97 comments, Last Comment at 11 Jan 2012, 5:16pm by Authentic Sellout

Jan 10, 2012 09:10am by Robert Weintraub || read all One Foot Inbounds articles

SDA: BCS Championship Preview

SDA takes aim at the BCS title game. Who has the advantage in the LSU-Alabama rematch?

8 comments, Last Comment at 10 Jan 2012, 10:15am by Aaron Brooks Good Twin

Jan 09, 2012 12:13pm by Brian Fremeau || read all 7th Day Adventure articles

Varsity Numbers Puts a Bow on 2011

In the season-ending edition of Varsity Numbers, Bill Connelly takes a look at what put Alabama ahead of LSU, both in the BCS title game and in the 2011 F/+ rankings, and looks at the winners and losers of bowl season.

12 comments, Last Comment at 18 Jan 2012, 9:34am by Aaron Brooks Good Twin

Jan 16, 2012 03:28pm by Bill Connelly || read all Varsity Numbers articles

Under the Cap: 2012 Defense Tag Projections

Under the Cap has projections of how this offseason might look before free agency officially begins. This article covers defense.

3 comments, Last Comment at 03 Jan 2012, 5:14pm by navin

Jan 03, 2012 03:01pm by Brian McIntyre || read all Under The Cap articles

The Week In Quotes: January 27, 2012

In this week's best quotes, NFL players hate Skip Bayless as much as you do, Peyton Manning misses the past, and we check in with the scapegoats of last week.

35 comments, Last Comment at 01 Feb 2012, 2:54pm by Thomas Anthony

Jan 27, 2012 05:22am by Rivers McCown || read all The Week in Quotes articles

Innovative Statistics

DVOA PLAYOFF ODDS REPORT

TeamSB Win
NE60.9%
NYG39.1%
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2011 TEAM EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1GB28.3% 1NO30.1%
2PIT23.7% 2PIT29.9%
3NO23.3% 3GB26.1%
4NE22.5% 4NE23.7%
5HOU19.4% 5PHI22.9%
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2011 OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1GB39.2% 1NO44.0%
2NO37.8% 2GB38.9%
3NE36.8% 3NE36.0%
4CAR23.0% 4CAR24.6%
5SD17.7% 5SD23.4%
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2011 DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1BAL-13.7% 1CHI-13.6%
2NYJ-11.9% 2ATL-9.8%
3SF-10.3% 3NYJ-9.8%
4CHI-10.2% 4PIT-9.1%
5JAC-6.6% 5BAL-8.8%
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2011 SPECIAL TEAMS RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1CHI7.3% 1TEN9.6%
2SF7.0% 2CHI7.1%
3TEN5.5% 3NE5.3%
4NYJ5.0% 4SF4.8%
5NE3.7% 5MIA4.3%
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2011 QUARTERBACKS

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1D.BreesNO2,544 1A.RodgersGB52.6%
2A.RodgersGB2,268 2D.BreesNO44.5%
3T.BradyNE2,235 3T.BradyNE41.0%
4T.RomoDAL1,591 4T.RomoDAL33.8%
5M.StaffordDET1,446 5M.SchaubHOU31.2%
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2011 RUNNING BACKS

Rush DYAR Leaders
(Total Value)
Rush DVOA Leaders
(Value per Play)
Rec DYAR Leaders
(Total Value)
1L.McCoyPHI324 1P.ThomasNO32.6% 1D.SprolesNO274
2M.Jones-DrewJAC231 2J.StewartCAR24.4% 2R.RiceBAL242
3M.LynchSEA230 3D.WilliamsCAR21.0% 3R.MathewsSD158
4J.StewartCAR202 4L.McCoyPHI17.4% 4M.BushOAK156
5R.MathewsSD197 5D.BrownIND16.7% 5A.FosterHOU137
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2011 WIDE RECEIVERS

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1C.JohnsonDET586 1J.NelsonGB54.1%
2J.NelsonGB530 2M.FloydSD51.9%
3W.WelkerNE475 3L.RobinsonDAL43.1%
4V.CruzNYG468 4J.JonesGB42.4%
5M.WallacePIT410 5M.ColstonNO35.4%
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2011 TIGHT ENDS

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1R.GronkowskiNE505 1R.GronkowskiNE52.0%
2J.GrahamNO331 2J.DreessenHOU48.9%
3A.GatesSD287 3A.GatesSD40.3%
4T.GonzalezATL237 4K.BossOAK36.2%
5J.FinleyGB205 5S.ChandlerBUF35.0%
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01 Feb 2012, 03:40pm by Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower

Super Bowl XVLI Prop Bet Extravaganza!

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ESPN AGS: Lessons from New England's Losses

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27 Jan 2012, 05:22am by Rivers McCown

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ESPN: Under-25 Rankings, Risers and Fallers

You may remember that, before the season, we took a look at which teams had the most under-25 talent on the roster. This article takes a look at three organizations which look better in hindsight now that the season is over, and three organizations which look worse.

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26 Jan 2012, 10:03am by Mike Tanier

Walkthrough: Southern Gothic

It's Midnight in the Garden of Senior Bowl coverage as Mike Tanier finds himself stuck inside of Mobile with the Kirk Cousins blues again. From Mardi Gras to mumble-speak, its the Deep South like you never saw it before.

» More...

33 comments, Last at 29 Jan 2012, 8:41pm by Moridin

25 Jan 2012, 02:16pm by Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower

Scramble for the Ball: 2011 All-KCW Team

NFL fans often derisively speculate which team would lose to any given college football squad. This is that team.

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24 Jan 2012, 01:23pm by Vince Verhei

ESPN AGS: Lessons from New York's Losses

Any Given Sunday looks at the thread running through the New York Giants' worst games this year. Teams generally beat them by taking advantage of the secondary, particularly the holes in the zone between the linebackers and safeties. It also helped to get Osi Umenyiora off the field.

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