The Urgency Meter Archives

The Urgency Meter: Analyzing 4th Down Decisions from Week 13

December 7, 2021 5 min read

The Urgency Meter: Analyzing 4th Down Decisions from Week 13

Week 13 provided us with many more excellent opportunities to try and understand the logic behind the decision making process on 4th down. The league is trending towards every team giving serious consideration to 4th down decisions. The Eagles went for it on 4th down three times in one drive with Minshew Mania at the […]

Darren O'Donoghue

December 1, 2021 6 min read

The Urgency Meter: Analyzing 4th Down Decisions from Week 12

Last week, we introduced The Urgency Meter which is The 33rd Team’s algorithm for the decision making process on fourth down. We have taken some of the big fourth down decisions from Week 12 and will break down what the model thinks and why. LA Chargers v Denver Broncos The Chargers have not been reluctant […]