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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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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Brian Burke is back for the final AFA podcast of the 2014-15 NFL season. Brian and Dave discuss the Patriots deflated ball controversy with a quick recap of high school physics before analyzing the key analytical storylines of Super Bowl XLIX.