Football has often been described as a game won in the trenches. For years, however, quantifying the performance of individual blockers and pass rushers remained a challenge. Traditional statistics ...

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Leveraging Tracking Data to Contextualize the Difficulty of a Throw Not all passes are created equal. A quarterback receives the same credit for a completion whether the pass traveled 60 yards ...