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Super Bowl XLV, Packers vs. Steelers Statistical Preview: Irresistible Force vs. Immoveable Object
It's Super Bowl Sunday, so $3 million commercials are only hours away. Although it may come as a shock, actual football will be played between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers in between those commercials (and musical interludes). And to analyze what the statistics say is likely to...
2011 NFL Playoff Schedule, Steelers vs. Jets: A Statistical Preview
DANNY'S NOTE: This is going to be our official game thread for Steelers-Jets. Fooch's Note: I'm not going to 100% ban pictures, but people need to use common sense. In a game thread there is very little need for them. They slow the site down and are unnecessary. I'm going to start deleting...
NFL Playoff Schedule, Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers: A Statistical Preview
Fooch's Note: Check out our AFC Championship statistical preview/open thread HERE DANNY'S NOTE: This is going to be our official game thread for Bears-Packers. Today, my reputation is on the line. Before the season started, most of the Niners Nation staff writers offered up their Super Bowl...
NFL Playoff Schedule, Divisional Round: Stat Matchups for Falcons vs. Packers
DANNY'S NOTE: This is going to be our official game thread for Falcons-Packers. Let the drinking begin...I mean, continue. Time to preview the late game, which pits the Atlanta Falcons against the Green Bay Packers. If you're unfamiliar with the format of these statistical preview posts, see my...
NFL Playoff Schedule, Divisional Round: Stat Matchups for Steelers vs. Ravens
Fooch's Note: Game discussion taking place in our game thread. For those of you that have been on Niners Nation for over 2 years, you'll know that I used to do a statistical matchup post each week of the playoffs way back when. Well, now that I have a little more free time, Fooch and I decided to...
Week 15 Statistical Matchup: 49ers @ Eagles
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you missed my Formula for Success post, you can read it here. I have to admit. When I sat down to analyze the statistical matchups for today's game, I figured that it would be a really depressing next few hours. I totally thought that this game was going to be overrun by PHI...
Week 14 Statistical Matchup Review: 49ers vs. Cardinals
Another week, another instance in which I was Nostradamus-esque in identifying the key statistical matchups. As you'll see in today's post, a dominating performance the likes of which we saw on Monday night occurs primarily via a corresponding domination of key matchups. In other words, if you ever...
Texans Five on Five: Week 15 Edition
The Houston Texans picked up some momentum last week by trouncing the Seahawks 34-7. They'll try to keep that drive going on Sunday when they travel to St. Louis to play the struggling Rams. Remember last year when the Texans were coming off an emotional victory and played the struggling Raiders?...
Week 14 Statistical Matchup: 49ers vs. Cardinals
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for no team and player rankings posts this past week. I've been working on a special article that will appear on NN in a few hours. For now, here's the matchup preview to prep you for tonight's game. This one's going to be short and sweet, everyone. Beating the Cardinals isn't...
Week 13 Statistical Matchup Review: 49ers @ Seahawks
The theme for today's matchup review post, similar to the theme of recent 49er teams, is "what could have been." In 2006, the Niners beat the division-leading Seahawks to pull within 1 game of the division lead at 5-5. They had a pretty favorable stretch of upcoming games against the 4-6 Rams, 6-4...
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