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Word of Muth: Church of the Outside Zone

Word of Muth breaks down film of Alex Gibbs coaching and speaking over a cut-up tape. Find out the secrets of the man who's built big seasons for everyone from Terrell Davis to Warrick Dunn.

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Word of Muth: Church of the Outside Zone

Word of Muth breaks down film of Alex Gibbs coaching and speaking over a cut-up tape. Find out the secrets of the man who's built big seasons for everyone from Terrell Davis to Warrick Dunn.

21 comments, Last Comment at 17 Jun 2013, 9:29am by batesbruce

Jun 14, 2013 11:41am by Ben Muth || read all Word Of Muth articles

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Here are the DVOA ratings for the Conference Championship Games, plus a look at where Baltimore and San Francisco have improved over the past few weeks.

115 comments, Last Comment at 19 Feb 2013, 2:05pm by Scott Crowder

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Super Bowl Quick Reads

Joe Flacco and Anquan Boldin led Baltimore to the Super Bowl title, but the single-game DVOA ratings may not have come out quite like you expect.

95 comments, Last Comment at 09 Feb 2013, 2:24am by Subrata Sircar

Feb 04, 2013 01:16pm GMT by Vince Verhei || read all Quick Reads articles

Film Room: 49ers Offense-Ravens Defense

Quarters coverage and man-lurk looks should figure prominently in how John Harbaugh tries to stop the San Francisco offense.

28 comments, Last Comment at 29 Mar 2013, 7:39am by 大学生论文网

Jan 29, 2013 01:17pm by Andy Benoit || read all Film Room articles

Audibles at the Line: Super Bowl XLVII

Blackouts, officiating adventures, and Jacoby Jones! Oh, and the Ravens won the Super Bowl.

294 comments, Last Comment at 13 Feb 2013, 4:16am by bengt

Feb 04, 2013 07:04am GMT by Rivers McCown || read all Audibles articles

Final 2012 FEI Ratings

After playing the best game in FEI history, Alabama climbs high enough to claim the No. 1 spot in the end-of-year FEI rankings.

23 comments, Last Comment at 11 Jan 2013, 2:05pm by cfn_ms

Jan 09, 2013 03:59pm by Brian Fremeau || read all Fremeau Efficiency Ratings Articles

OFI: Welcome (Back) to the Machine

The Alabama Death Star continues its reign over college football with last night's thumping of Notre Dame.

10 comments, Last Comment at 11 Jan 2013, 1:29pm by Mad hatter

Jan 08, 2013 05:15pm by Matt Hinton || read all One Foot Inbounds articles

SDA Championship Edition: Heavy Is the Tide That Wears the Crown

Can the Irish stay turnover free? Can Alabama's run game crack Notre Dame's sterling defense? Our BCS Championship preview explains all.

14 comments, Last Comment at 08 Jan 2013, 5:54pm by MehlLageman56

Jan 07, 2013 01:07pm by Matt Hinton || read all 7th Day Adventure articles

Varsity Numbers: Tweaks and Adjustments

Bill Connelly unveils a series of college football data adjustments and new rankings.

9 comments, Last Comment at 19 Feb 2013, 5:11pm by cfn_ms

Feb 07, 2013 04:46pm by Bill Connelly || read all Varsity Numbers articles

Any Given Sunday: Vikings Over Texans

Winning in the trenches on defense set the Vikings up for a surprising upset of the playoff-bound Texans, keeping Minnesota's playoff hopes alive.

6 comments, Last Comment at 27 Dec 2012, 2:00pm by peterplaysbass

Dec 26, 2012 11:19am GMT by Rivers McCown || read all Any Given Sunday articles

The Month In Quotes: May 2013

Von Miller, poultry baron. James Harrison, captain rubdown. And the return of Rory Hickey in this month's best quotes.

17 comments, Last Comment at 18 Jun 2013, 9:17am by Gridiron Grammarian

Jun 05, 2013 10:58am by Rory Hickey || read all The Week in Quotes articles

Scramble for the Ball: Blinded by Light

Mike and Tom bid adieu to the 2012 season with a clarification, bad prop bets, good commercials, and FO Playoff Fantasy history!

49 comments, Last Comment at 10 Feb 2013, 5:14pm by wadingshorebird

Feb 06, 2013 03:47pm by Mike Kurtz and Tom Gower || read all Scramble articles

Futures: WR Cordarrelle Patterson

When it comes to evaluating a football talent like Cordarrelle Paterson, I believe the Playmaker Score can be part of the conversation -- just not the entire discussion.

5 comments, Last Comment at 24 Apr 2013, 10:16pm by Frank

Apr 24, 2013 11:12am by Matt Waldman || read all Futures articles

Innovative Statistics

2012 TEAM EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1SEA38.3% 1SEA46.6%
2DEN36.6% 2DEN41.4%
3NE34.9% 3NE37.5%
4SF29.9% 4GB24.2%
5GB26.6% 5SF24.1%
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2012 OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1NE30.8% 1SEA31.2%
2DEN22.1% 2NE28.3%
3GB19.5% 3DEN23.2%
4SEA18.5% 4GB19.0%
5SF17.0% 5WAS16.1%
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2012 DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1CHI-26.8% 1CHI-22.8%
2SF-14.3% 2DEN-17.4%
3HOU-14.2% 3CIN-16.3%
4SEA-14.1% 4SF-12.3%
5DEN-13.8% 5HOU-10.1%
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2012 SPECIAL TEAMS RATINGS

Full SeasonWeighted
1BAL9.0% 1BAL11.5%
2CLE6.1% 2NE8.4%
3SEA5.7% 3CLE8.2%
4NE5.5% 4SEA6.0%
5MIN4.7% 5CIN4.6%
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QUARTERBACKS 2012

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1T.BradyNE2,035 1T.BradyNE35.1%
2P.ManningDEN1,800 2P.ManningDEN32.7%
3D.BreesNO1,444 3C.KaepernickSF25.7%
4A.RodgersGB1,395 4A.RodgersGB23.3%
5M.RyanATL1,216 5D.BreesNO19.9%
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RUNNING BACKS 2012

Rush DYAR Leaders
(Total Value)
Rush DVOA Leaders
(Value per Play)
Rec DYAR Leaders
(Total Value)
1A.PetersonMIN459 1C.J.SpillerBUF27.5% 1D.SprolesNO212
2M.LynchSEA361 2A.PetersonMIN24.9% 2J.BellDET193
3C.J.SpillerBUF301 3M.LynchSEA19.2% 3D.WoodheadNE148
4F.GoreSF268 4F.GoreSF17.4% 4J.RodgersATL133
5A.MorrisWAS255 5A.BradshawNYG15.8% 5F.JonesDAL117
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WIDE RECEIVERS 2012

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1C.JohnsonDET470 1D.AlexanderSD40.8%
2A.JohnsonHOU413 2B.StokleyDEN36.9%
3D.ThomasDEN393 3M.FloydSD35.6%
4E.DeckerDEN389 4G.TateSEA32.9%
5L.MooreNO360 5L.MooreNO30.6%
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TIGHT ENDS 2012

DYAR Leaders (Total Value)DVOA Leaders (Value per Play)
1R.GronkowskiNE268 1R.GronkowskiNE40.8%
2T.GonzalezATL235 2A.McCoySEA39.4%
3H.MillerPIT193 3D.KellerNYJ26.0%
4J.WittenDAL183 4L.PaulsenWAS22.5%
5G.OlsenCAR136 5H.MillerPIT21.7%
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