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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My strongest football opinion might be that teams should actually snap the ball sometimes in the obvious “draw them offsides” situations. Catch the defense off guard + make future bluffs more credible.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

* Josh Allen is 24th in dropback success rate (41%) but is second in 20-plus-yard plays per dropback. #Bills These are just some of the nuggets from this week's #NFL weekly review! www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com/p…

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NFL Week 4 Game-by-Game Review

More games, more charts.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

* The #Chiefs had two runs of 20 or more yards last year; Kenneth Walker had three on Sunday. * The #Eagles became the 12th team since 1999 to face at least 16 late downs and only convert once.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These are just some of the nuggets from this week's NFL weekly review! www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com/p/nfl-week-4...

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NFL Week 4 Game-by-Game Review

More games, more charts.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

* The Chiefs had two runs of 20 or more yards last year; Kenneth Walker had three on Sunday * The Eagles became the 12th team since 1999 to face at least 16 late downs and only convert once. * Josh Allen is 24th in dropback success rate (41%) but is second in 20-plus-yard plays per dropback.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Al: Rodgers uses his voice as well as anyone.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is only the tiniest slice of what you can read in my Week 3 review post, which also features charts previewing the Thursday night game. I’d love it if you checked it out: www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com/p/nfl-week-3...

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NFL Week 3: Game-by-Game Review

Week 3 had no shortage of close games.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In Week 3, Aaron Rodgers was second among starting quarterbacks in aDOT and attempted eight passes of at least 20 air yards (he only completed two of them, however). Tonight, he’ll face a Cleveland defense that is allowing the highest aDOT in the league.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't care for #MLB's postseason expansion...except when it comes time to watch the expanded postseason. www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com/p/the-expand...

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The Expanded Playoffs Are Fun as Long as You Don't Think Too Hard About Them

How can you not be romantic about back-to-back days of quadruple-headers?

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

and this was against the Bengals defense!! Their 6.7% success rate on designed runs (with the Noel carry marking their only positive on 15 attempts) is the lowest since Pittsburgh had a 6.3% mark in 2021.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

defense!! Their 6.7% success rate on designed runs (with the Noel carry marking their only positive on 15 attempts) is the lowest since Pittsburgh had a 6.3% mark in 2021.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The #Texans may have set a new low for rushing ineptitude yesterday. Their only successful running plays were CJ Stroud scrambles & a Jaylin Noel end-around. Their RBs: 18 yards on 14 carries, no first downs; their two longest rushes gained 4 yards apiece...and this was against the Bengals

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is just one of the insights you'll get this week in the Sports (And Maybe Other Things) Week 2 NFL Preview! Almost 3,000 words! Don't like reading? No prob! Also have more than 90 charts filled with statistical goodness. Hope you check it out!

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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NFL Week 2 Preview

Let's do this again!

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The #Colts defense might end up being a textbook example of why coverage is a "weak-link system." Per initial PFF charting, Lamar Jackson was 3-for-7 when targeting either Sauce Gardner or Charvarius Ward…and 14-for-18 on his other throws! #NFL

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Spencer Jones came into tonight with a 63.8% contact rate in MLB in 2026; he hadn’t been above 62% in the minors since 2023 (High-A & AA). It’s not a good mark on its own by any means, but it’ll be good enough if Jones continues draw walks and hit the ball with the authority we’ve seen this summer.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If I had to figure out which NFL coach from the past decade was an avid Minecraft player, I would have burned a tonnnnn of guesses before landing on Mike Tomlin. awfulannouncing.com/gaming/mike-tom…

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Always wild to observe the massive overlap between people who complain about others being “too sensitive,” while also losing their minds about a team stealing bases when ahead. Can’t believe we’re still doing this crap in 2026.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fine enough start to the season for #ACMilan. Maybe a bit of struggle turning possession into meaningful chances (hovered around 0.06 xG/shot for a good chunk of the match iirc) but then a nice flury midway through the second half to get the 3 points (terrific goal from Adams at the other end though

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Cam Schlittler’s ERA- (park-adjusted ERA relative to league average) is 53, the third best in franchise history (behind Ron Guidry’s mark of 47 in 1978 and Spud Chandler’s 50 from 1943). Wild stuff #NYY

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two things up on the site right now for your enjoyment. There's a personal essay, plus this look at what has gone wrong for Austin Wells this season: www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com/p/austin-wel... #NYY #Yankees

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Austin Wells' Career Arc Has Been Flipped Upside Down

Any resemblance Wells may have had to the prospect described in the scouting reports has vanished in 2026.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hey everyone, I'm writing again. Hope you'll check out the new site/newsletter I just launched, www.sportsandmaybeotherthings.com!

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Home | Sports (And Maybe Other Things)

If you like sports and/or other things, today's your lucky day.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 03/08/2026

What bugs me about Dodger Discourse is that it shifts the focus off of genuine malfeasance by other teams. The Tigers just quasi-quit on a playoff race that they're very much still in! Who did that to their fans? It wasn't Boras, Manfred, or the LAD

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

No matter what else happens in this world, at least Jalen Brunson is on it #NYK

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Very sorry for your loss, Jake. Thanks for sharing the beautiful tribute.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

And to hopefully preempt anyone from responding with "but quarterback!," even if we just look at the NFL's 16-game era and forget baseball entirely, the salary cap has not had a statically significant impact on the distribution of wins across the league (it actually became slightly less balanced).

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Also, to preempt anyone from trying to say the differences between the sports render such comparisons moot: if we look at the NFL's 16+ game era, the difference in concentration of wins pre- and post-salary cap is not statistically significant (and is actually slightly less competitive, if anything)

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 10/01/2026

I genuinely feel bad for these Oregon players…they are a good football team who should be competing for a national championship on the appropriate level…now, most will only remember them for tonight…not their fault that CFB can’t figure out a proper post-season structure

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Think we're doing well to move towards the route itself as being the main volume unit, rather than the catch/target. Which isn't to say yards per catch or target aren't useful, but I'd argue their use is to measure specific parts of receiver play rather than as a proxy for overall receiver quality.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

There are also some serious problems with it when just viewing it isolation, without regard for target volume, since it treats the receiver who earned an incomplete target or caught a failed completion as doing considerably worse than his 4 teammates who ran routes & didn't get a target on the play.

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Nathan Jahnke @ffnatejahnke.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Pretty much every person I've seen arguing against going for 2 when you were down 15 assumes you will make the 2 point conversion if you go for it later and you won't make it if you go for it early.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Hi! Just an FYI that Chrome, Firefox and most other browsers have a reading mode that gives you just the text in a simpler format that should be easier to read. Hope that's helpful!

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 13/10/2025

Italian-Americans who stan Columbus are so embarrassing, even by the standards of Italian-Americans, a people prone to embarrassing conduct. Like, be weirdly off putting about the merits of various pasta shapes like the rest of us, good god.

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scacc8.bsky.social @scacc8.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Remember Some Guys from the 21st century: #Colts edition

"Remember Some Guys" immaculate grid. Includes James Mungro, Tom Lopienski, Ricky Williams (no, not that one), Tony Ugoh, Brad Pyatt, Clayton Geathers, Clint Session, Aaron Moorehead, Matt Giordano. Only Geathers and Giordano actually have headshots; the other 7 are just placeholder silhouettes.

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