NFL Home-Field Advantage is Almost Extinct
Cincinnati Bengals fans
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NFL Wild Card - Good article here from The Washington Post on the disappearance of home-field advantage and the reasons that might be true. Home teams were only 137-131-1 this year, barely above .500. Even Vegas has adjusted, favoring home teams by an average of just 1.7 points this season instead of the classic standard 3 points.
1 Does this mean some upsets…
Does this mean some upsets are to be expected this weekend? Raiders over Bengals, or 49ers over Cowboys perhaps?
3 The past three years results…
The past three years results point to HFA at least being on life support. With caveat that they were COVID affected
5 We can not judge HFA by the playoffs
The being the better team advantage is still alive and well.
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