It’s no surprise that a team would fare more poorly on the road overall as opposed to home, whatever the time zone. Read more

Gah! You’re correct. I actually updated that to draw a distinction between the change in winning percentage (which is what that column refers to) and the percent difference. Thank you. Read more

All true. The point of this blog was really just to show how weird this is, rather than to read anything more into it or to make any predictions off it. Read more

Yep. That’s it. Was thinking out loud here. I need to do a bigger explainer early next week, I think. Thanks. Read more

Ah, right. This entire exchange reinforces my plan to take a deeper look at all these implications early next week, in advance of Bell’s reporting deadline. Thanks. Read more

True, but wouldn’t they also get a compensatory pick in that case? Read more

Ah, shoot. I meant to attribute that to Aikman. I’ve fixed it. Thanks. Read more

It’s definitely about wear and tear and future earning power, but part of that is about leveraging his value to the Steelers. The Steelers can’t offer him a better deal till after the season. But had Conner not played so well, potential suitors in the future might have seen how valuable his hybrid ability really is.… Read more

Yeah, I know all of that. But had they not gotten anything close to Conner’s production, they’d be waiting him out. That’s how contract standoffs work. Read more

Try to follow along: It wasn’t a direct (your word) control group; it was a separate control group from a separate study. And the BU study (which was done after the Mayo Clinic study) specifically noted it had no control group. I brought the Mayo Clinic study up later to frame it in the context of some quantitative… Read more

Right. It looked at all sports, but the “contact sports” conclusion is what Hoge and Cummings waive around as if it proves something about the safety of youth football. Read more

I don’t elide anything. If you keep reading, I reference that same Mayo Clinic study and frame it accordingly. I simply wanted to unpack the particulars of the BU study first. Read more

I think you should try to eat 50 chicken nuggets. Read more

Not at all. All Boston teams get easier to loathe with each passing year. Read more

Don’t let the fact that Gritty is inane, illogical, and completely meme-worthy distract you from the fact that he represents the most vile franchise in professional sports. Seriously, fuck Gritty. Read more

Depends on the question. Read more

St. Patrick’s Day. It’s like someone puked all over the Night Before Thanksgiving. Read more

Cincinnati. One time when I was there it felt like the entire downtown closed at 5 p.m. Read more

The lunch burger at Peter Luger. Read more

Holman W. Jenkins Jr. of the Wall Street Journal. (Not kidding, either.) Read more