Podcast Episode 43 - John Urschel

John Urschel, offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens and accomplished mathematician, rejoins the show for his second appearance to recap his rookie year in the NFL. John covers a wide variety of topics, from describing his toughest blocking assignments, to how he makes his pre-snap reads, to breaking down how he handles crowd noise. The show concludes with a recap of some of John’s off-the-field activities, including his current mathematical research and volunteer work teaching math to Baltimore high school students.

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GB-SEA Analysis

This was one of the most remarkable games I can remember, certainly the most improbable late-game comebacks in a while. The IND-KC playoff game last year can't be overlooked, but this game had a completely different quality to it. The post-mortem on GB today is in full swing.

GB head coach Mike McCarthy deserves all the criticism he's taking. Those who are dismissing the criticism with terms like "hindsight is 20/20" and "woulda, coulda, shoulda" or pinning the blame on a lack of execution on the onside kick are off the mark. There's nothing hindsight about the analysis. In fact, the 4th down…

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"How to Get to the Next Level"

The Broncos and John Fox agreed to part ways this week, ostensibly because team president John Elway and Fox did not agree on how to take the team to the next level. That could be a platitude to cover the fact that Elway and Fox simply didn't work well together, or perhaps Elway was simply not satisfied with two early exits from the playoffs over the last three years by a team loaded with talent, especially this season. Maybe Elway can point to specific failures on the part of Fox that directly contributed to the playoff losses--failing to adjust for how the Seahawks played their receivers,…

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Podcast Episode 42 - Neil Paine

Neil Paine, senior NFL writer at FiveThirtyEight, returns to the podcast to discuss the college football and NFL conference championship games. He explains how sports betting markets evaluate the impact of replacement players, and provides his thoughts on the College Football Playoffs, the championship game, and what future college football postseasons might look like. In the second half, Neil and Dave discuss the implications of expanding the NFL playoffs to 14 teams before previewing this weekend’s conference championship match-ups.

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