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    The power spread offense?

    I was just watching Prosise highlights and immediately thought of Dion Lewis and the threat he provided New England before his injury. And if you remember in the AFC championship game Lewis's replacement (James White?) dropped a number of touchdown opportunities in the 4th Qtr that would have...
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    Bill Barnwell - Get more picks; draft is mostly a crapshoot

    It was a real steel/steal situation
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    Bill Barnwell - Get more picks; draft is mostly a crapshoot

    He would probably argue he eluded to that stuff by including the examples he did (Ravens, Pats, Seahawks), but it does seem to be a bit shortsighted in terms of organizational context. And this isn't exactly new with his articles. He focuses on macro level trends and can miss pretty basic stuff...
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    JackAs* of the week award goes to...

    Bill Barnwell was on Twitter defending the play call with the justification that a 5 yard gain would increase the odds of the kick from 70% to 79%, but the thing he didn't consider and that that number doesn't take into account is the probability of the play they ran failing. Analytics are...
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    Clay Matthews on plan vs Kapernick, hit the QB

    Yes. People got caught up thinking Harvin would be running the RO with Wilson, but I would imagine they traded for him thinking of bubble screens and variations off of that play that meant him catching the ball. The guy at Grantland who runs the Smart Football blog has been doing a ton of work...
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