What's a tie worth in the NFL? October 16, 2021 Play for the tie at home, go for the victory on the road. The Book of Unwritten Baseball Rules , Baseball Digest (1986) Due to relatively re...
Playoff Seed Probability Motion Charts April 14, 2017 As I have done the last few seasons , here are motion charts that show how each team's playoff seed probabilities have evolved and s...
NFL Playoff Implications - Week 5 October 09, 2016 Here are playoff implications for week five of the NFL season. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a significant ...
NFL Playoff Implications - Week 3 September 24, 2016 Here are playoff implications for week three of the NFL season. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a significant...
NFL Playoff Implications - Week 2 September 17, 2016 Here are playoff implications for week two of the NFL season. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a significant ...
NFL Playoff Implications - Week 1 September 11, 2016 Playoff implications return for the 2016 season. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a significant impact on the...
Exciting Finals, Boring Games June 19, 2016 Regardless the outcome in tonight's game 7, we are guaranteed a compelling story. Either the " jump shooting " Warriors put a ...
Playoff Seed Probability Motion Charts April 02, 2016 With an 82 game season, an NBA team's fortunes then to ebb and flow in increments, rather than huge leaps. This gradual evolution ca...
The Vegas Playoffs January 06, 2016 Inspired by numbers shared by Cousin Sal on Monday's Bill Simmons podcast (and idle curiosity), I decided to reseed the NFL playoff...
The Colts are alive, but play a virtually meaningless game today December 27, 2015 Owing to a strange confluence of tiebreaker scenarios, the Colts' game today against the Dolphins has virtually no impact on its playoff...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 16 December 26, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 16 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
In the AFC, Strength of Victory Could Determine the Postseason December 24, 2015 Professional sports tiebreaking procedures tend to be an exercise in multiple redundancy . In the NFL, to break a tie within a division, t...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 15 December 19, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 15 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 14 December 13, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 14 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 13 December 06, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 13 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 12 November 28, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 12 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 11 November 21, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 11 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 10 November 14, 2015 Here are the playoff implications for the NFL's week 10 games. The purpose of this feature is to highlight games that have a signifi...
NFL Playoff Implications Week 9 November 08, 2015 Unfortunately, weekly playoff implications will not be featured on FiveThirtyEight this season. But, I was able to dust off the code fr...
NFL Market Rankings and the Inequities of Playoff Seeding September 07, 2015 The Top Five With the regular season just a few days away, my market based NFL rankings are now up and running. These update daily a...