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Finding Coaching Talent: What Joe Banner Saw in Andy Reid and Sean McDermott

January 25, 2022 5 min read

While Sunday’s game between Kansas City and Buffalo demonstrated why both teams are very likely to remain successful for a long time, each team’s success is not just because of the quarterbacks. As exceptional and important as Mahomes and Allen are, Andy Reid and Sean McDermott have also set their teams up for the long-term. […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive

January 24, 2022 2 min read

NFL Overtime Rules: Does Something Have To Change?

With the Bills vs. Chiefs game, the NFL and its fans have now seen two major moments in which the new OT rules have affected the “outcome” of the game. More specifically, we’ve encountered two games where one offense has never touched the ball in overtime. Is this fair? Current Rule In 2017, NFL owners […]

The Key Matchups That Defined Sunday’s Divisional Playoffs

Britton MannBrandon Tamres

January 24, 2022 4 min read

The Key Matchups That Defined Sunday’s Divisional Playoffs

After a whirlwind of a Divisional Playoff Round, here we check in with a look at the key matchups that defined Sunday’s outcomes. Rams over Bucs Von Miller vs Donovan Smith With star RT Tristan Wirfs out for the game, the questions surrounded the RT position as a potential problem for the Buccaneers. However it […]

Garrett Sharp-Craig

January 20, 2022 4 min read

How These 4 Teams Maximized Their Playoff Chances

For the last 34 years, Mike Giddings Jr. has been the owner and president of Pro Scout Inc. He is an experienced football evaluator tasked with providing NFL decision makers his unbiased perspective. His company, ProScout Inc. has worked with 33 Super Bowl teams and 12 Hall of Fame coaches, owners, and general managers. ProScout […]

The 33rd Team

January 11, 2022 2 min read

Troy Aikman’s Efficiency Ratings Paint Buffalo and Tampa Bay As Top Super Bowl Contenders

The 33rd Team is proud to be home for the Aikman Efficiency Ratings — Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman’s proprietary formula for measuring team offense and team defense in the NFL. As opposed to just looking at total yards gained and allowed, Aikman combined seven categories, placing more emphasis on some: Points per […]

Ben Kotwica

January 7, 2022 3 min read

Kotwica’s End of Season Special Teams Report

With the NFL regular season coming to a close, we wanted to once again take a deep dive into Special Teams play and provide an objective analysis on those units that are helping their teams win games and those whose lack of production is hindering their team’s ability to reach their goals. While the performance […]

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January 4, 2022 2 min read

49ers Catching Fire At the Right Time in Aikman Efficiency Ratings

Ben Kotwica

January 1, 2022 3 min read

As we get into the playoff season, the details in each phase of the game become more important. In the special teams realm, as the stakes rise and the outdoor conditions get worse, the advantages of one team over the other in this phase become more and more pronounced. As we get into week 1 […]

Kevin Ivers

January 1, 2022 5 min read

The Matchups That Will Define Wild Card Weekend

Super Wild Card Weekend is upon us, and we are blessed with six playoff games to watch. Below, we break down a couple key matchups that will define the outcome of each game as well as some stats for Wild Card Weekend in general. Raiders @ Bengals (Saturday at 4:30 PM EST) Raiders Pass Rush […]

The 33rd Team

December 28, 2021 2 min read

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