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Chiefs Have the Best Offense, Worst Defense in Aikman Efficiency Ratings

October 6, 2021 2 min read

Chiefs Have the Best Offense, Worst Defense in Aikman Efficiency Ratings

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 […]

Paul DomowitchSenior Writer

October 6, 2021 7 min read

Domo’s NFL Power Rankings: Cardinals Surging, but Not Yet No. 1

After calling it a career after 45 years of sports writing — including 36 Super Bowls covered — former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Paul Domowitch is bringing his weekly power rankings to the 33rd Team. This week, he gives us the skinny on the good news and bad news that each of the 32 NFL teams […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive

October 4, 2021 4 min read

As we do every Monday here at the 33rd Team, here are my top five takeaways from this week’s NFL action: 1) The Return Tom Brady left Foxborough with a victory, but it was anything but easy for the Buccaneers QB. Coach Belichick and the Patriots constantly gave Brady different looks and mixed up their […]

The 33rd Team

September 29, 2021 6 min read

Here are this week’s fantasy rankings by position: Quarterbacks Rank Player Opponent Average Best Worst Diff 1 Russell Wilson (SEA) @ SF 2.7 1 6 5 2 Tom Brady (TB) @ NE 3.2 1 11 10 3 Patrick Mahomes II (KC) @ PHI 4.8 1 10 9 4 Justin Herbert (LAC) LV 5.2 3 7 4 5 Kyler Murray (ARI) […]

Kevin Ivers

September 28, 2021 2 min read

Yesterday, The 33rd Team analyzed five winners from Week 3 by looking at specific trends that impacted each game. Today, we are focusing on the losers from this past week by pinpointing where they went wrong. Denver Broncos 26 – New York Jets 0 Jets Key Stat: -0.615 EPA per Play on Offense For the […]

The 33rd Team

September 28, 2021 < 1 min read

Buffalo Bills Take Top Spot in Aikman Efficiency Ratings

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 […]

Mike TannenbaumFormer NFL Executive

September 27, 2021 4 min read

As we do every Monday here at the 33rd Team, here are my top five takeaways from this week’s NFL action: 1) Chargers win despite poor game management; 49ers lose because of it The Chargers got a marquee victory this week, beating Kansas City—their division rival—at Arrowhead, 30-24. Justin Herbert was a fantastic 26 of […]

Michael Fabiano

September 16, 2021 4 min read

Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Famer Michael Fabiano will be joining the 33rd Team’s Fantasy Football coverage this season, writing a weekly column with his top fantasy observations for the week. Here’s what’s on my mind heading into Week 2 of fantasy: 49ers backfield and Elijah Mitchell Mitchell led the San Francisco backfield in […]

Peter Engler

September 13, 2021 2 min read

Each week The 33rd Team will review Sunday’s games by looking behind the box score to find the key statistics that affected the outcome of each game. Here, we will look at why these teams won: Seattle Seahawks 28 – Indianapolis Colts 16 Seahawks Key Stat: 10.2 ADOT (Average Depth of Target) For vs 6.0 […]

Greg CosellNFL Analyst

September 9, 2021 5 min read

Each week during the 2021 NFL season, NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell will offer his matchups to watch. Cosell, also the co-host of ESPN’s NFL Matchup, will focus on interesting schemes and personnel alignments to keep an eye on. With Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season officially underway, this Sunday’s games carry plenty […]

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