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When it comes to football, many agree that we are in
the infancy stages of analytics. “There were times when we
all wondered if football would ever get it,” John Pollard, the
general manager of STATS LLC’s Sports Solutions Group, told
ESPN The Magazine
a few years ago. “Once football grabs hold
of analytics—and that’s where we are heading—it can redefine
the sport.”
How much do
special teams plays
such as field goals
affect games? NFL
analytics are still
trying to put a
number on some of
that information.