My favorite random schedule quirk is that the Bears and Vikings are playing on December 20th for the second consecutive year. Sure, it’s a different day of the week. And a different week on the NFL calendar. But it’s still a trip.
The moment I figured out that was my favorite schedule quirk was when I realized I needed a nap. Or some ice cream. I ended up getting both.
• Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Chicago Bears have one of the toughest schedules in football. Based on a strength of schedule metric rooted in last year’s winning percentage, the Bears have the NFL’s third-toughest schedule. This is old hat for us. In 2018, they took on the eighth-hardest schedule. That team won 12 games and made the postseason. A year later, it was the most difficult schedule in the entire league. The 2019 team fell short of expectations and missed the playoffs, but didn’t bottom out entirely as it finished with an 8-8 record. Last year’s team had the 13th hardest
Behind release of NFL’s new schedule, Amazon Web Services helped sort endless matchup options
May 12, 2021 at 11:23 am
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It might seem like a no-brainer to pit the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady against “America’s team,” the Dallas Cowboys, in the opening game of the 2021 NFL season. But figuring out the matchups, locations and timing of the other 271 games takes a bit of computing power.
The NFL leverages its partnership with Amazon Web Services to sort through some of the endless scenarios that come into play when figuring out how to match 32 teams across 17 games during an 18-week period, all while optimizing for fairness, travel, and availability of particular venues.
Inside the Mind of Daniel Jones By TarkentonToJones on May 11, 2021, 3:06pm EDT +
The NFL has become cutting edge in its quest to bring technology into the enjoyment of the game. Its Next Gen Stats uses tags affixed to each player s uniform and sensors around the stadium to chart every move of every player, creating a revolution in football analytics. This past season, some players were mic ed up during the game, enabling us to find out about Sam Darnold s ghosts.
But now comes the latest in cutting edge technology. Unbeknown to the players, a Bill Gates microchip was implanted inside each player s brain during training camp physicals last year, allowing players actual thoughts to be tracked during games. This will enable coaches to improve the mental aspect of the game for their players. It s taken a while to decipher the results, but we now have some examples of actual thoughts going through Daniel Jones head while on the field in 2020. Here is a sample:
Seahawks Star DK Metcalf s 100-Meter Dash Performance Was More Impressive Than Some Believe
Challenged by USA Track and Field to test his speed against some of the fastest sprinters in the world, Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf put up a more than respectable performance in the 100-meter in Sunday afternoon s Golden Games.
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May 10, 2021
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Walnut, California, Seahawks superstar wideout DK Metcalf momentarily exchanged his football cleats for track shoes.
After taking social media by storm with his famous chase-down of Cardinals safety Budda Baker last October, which registered at a top speed of 22.64 miles per hour according to Next Gen Stats, Metcalf was extended a tongue-in-cheek offer from USA Track and Field to test [his] speed against real speed.
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