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Cantonmetrics: 2024 Inductions and Offseason Snapshot
Senior/Coach/Contributor Semifinalists Congratulations to Julius Peppers, Andre Johnson, Dwight Freeney, Devin Hester, Patrick Willis, Randy Gradishar, and Steve McMichael on their induction into the...
View ArticleWhat to Make of the NFL’s Experiment with Putting the Draft on Broadcast, Part 3
The week before the NFL Draft, John Ourand reported in his newsletter for Puck that ESPN’s contract to air the draft only runs through next year. Ourand noted that ESPN is expected to renew, and the...
View ArticleWhat the 2024 NFL Schedule Should Look Like
The 2024 NFL schedule is slated to be released tonight at 8 PM ET – not ideal as it falls in the middle of network upfront week, as opposed to past years when it was released before upfronts so...
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Assessing the 2024 NFL Schedule from a Flex Scheduling Perspective
At first glance, you might think the NFL deserves credit for scheduling more games between good teams for featured windows. Only one game I identified as a Tier 1 game isn’t scheduled for a featured...
View ArticleAssessing the Impact of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s New Selection Process
On Friday the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the biggest change to its selection process since the introduction of the semifinalist stage in 2004 – if not longer. Last year’s selection process...
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Cantonmetrics: 2025 Preliminary Nominees
Offseason Snapshot Each September, the Pro Football Hall of Fame typically names around 95-125 modern-era players, who played at least part of their careers in the past 25 years and have been retired...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 5
Note: This post does not incorporate the result of the Thursday night game. I’ve got a brand new computer that’s barely two days old and I’m ready and raring to go for another year of the Flex...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 6
All right, let’s start the Flex Schedule Watch for real this time! I wrote most of this post this morning but held off on posting it to see if there would be a change in the Week 8 schedule, and sure...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 7
I talked about this last week, but the Cleveland Browns may well have given up on their season – and put the NFL in a very difficult spot in the process, one that could make a mockery of the goals...
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Cantonmetrics: 2025 Quarterfinalists
Offseason Snapshot Starting this year, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is naming at least 50 modern-era players (more if there’s a tie for the last spot), narrowed down from the nominees named in...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 8
We’ve reached an odd point in the season: on paper there’s a decently clear divide between the good or at least mediocre teams and the bad ones, and there are enough bad teams, and feisty ones among...
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Cantonmetrics: 2025 Coach and Contributor Semifinalists
Offseason Snapshot | Player Quarterfinalists This week, as part of its revised selection process, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s committees to advance candidates in the Coach and Contributor...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 9
Note: This post does not incorporate the result of the Thursday night game. After I mentioned the multitude of 2-win teams last week more people from outside our little corner of the NFL galaxy have...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 10
Note: This post does not incorporate the result of the Thursday night game. Underscoring my continued struggles with finding something to put in the opening section, I had this mostly written on...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 11
As someone put it on the 506sports Discord, we may have a 4-8 vs. 4-8 flex-eligible primetime game because of a cartoon sitcom. On Monday Disney released another trailer for their “The Simpsons Funday...
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Cantonmetrics: 2025 Semifinalists
Each November, the Pro Football Hall of Fame names at least 25 modern-era players (more if there’s a tie for the last spot), narrowed down from the candidates named last month, who played at least...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 12
Last week, I said that “barring a surprise announcement in the next twelve hours or so, the league seems to have passed up chances to flex out of two Browns games this week”. Well, guess what...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 13
As he did last year, NFL Vice President of Broadcast Planning Mike North spoke with Rob Tornoe of the Philadelphia Inquirer about Eagles-adjacent flex scheduling situations. So you don’t have to use...
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NFL Flexible Scheduling Watch: Week 14
Twice under the old flex scheduling regime, the NFL and its partners agreed to hold off on deciding the Sunday night game for the penultimate week of the season until the week before, later than the...
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Last-Minute Remarks on NFL Flexible Scheduling Decisions Following Week 15
Week 16: No announcement was made on the Week 16 slate on Sunday, which is a change from past “six-day hold” situations. This sort of limbo can end up getting the 506sports Discord stir-crazy and...
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