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AFC South Advanced Stat of the Week: Indianapolis Colts
Published by Nate Dunlevy on March 29, 2012
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Indianapolis Colts
"You are what your record says you are."
Bill Parcells' famous quote about the NFL brilliantly expressed the importance of not making excuses and playing the "what if" game in an NFL locker room. Teams win and lose games, and all the justification in the world doesn't change that.
Unfortunately, Parcells' truism is also completely useless for understanding what is going to happen in the future.
This week's advanced stat is Pythagorean wins.
The concept is simple, even though the math is tricky. The idea is that over time, a team's point differential (points scored minus points allowed) is a better indicator of how that team will perform in the future than their record is.
For example, a t...
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