First, I hate myself for having done this. But sometime after the Patriots were first caught deflating their balls, Sharp Football Analysis released a trilogy (also here and here) of pieces about the statistical (un)likelihood of how (in)frequently the Patriots fumbled the football. The presupposition being that an underinflated ball is easier to hold on […]

There’s a post today over at Grantland about the NFL’s attempts to engineer a more interesting extra point. Given that the current success rate hovers right around 99%, the kick is currently a formality.For this preseason the NFL is experimenting with moving the spot of the PAT back to the 15-yard line. So instead of […]