By: David Taylor Round 1 of the playoffs proved to be two convincing victories for Philadelphia and Albany. There is not a lot of drama this weekend as the two teams will likely be advancing to the Arena Bowl due to the margins of victory in round 1. The only real drama will be who…
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AFL 2019 Playoffs Preview and Predictions
By: David Taylor It’s playoff time! The final four teams have punched their postseason tickets and seeding is complete. The first weekend’s games feature Albany vs. Baltimore and Washington vs. Philadelphia. The opening round of the playoffs is key because it is a two part matchup based on aggregate scoring. The series will be a…
Deep Routes: Washington’s One Man Army
By Anthony Reinhard “Deep Routes” is a weekly series that will look in-depth at AFL stats and present weekly updates to my AFL model. Model Refresh That’s a wrap for the 2019 Regular Season! Albany went wire-to-wire as the league’s top team and will be the top seed in the playoffs. Albany will open the…
BattleStations Episode 22: We’ll Fix It In Post
We have a season ending chat with Columbus Destroyers Head Coach Matt Sauk and discuss the AFL Post-season with Bee Jay and David from AFLFanzone.com BattleStations: a Columbus Destroyers podcast in conjunction with AFL Fan Zone. Follow Frank Walker on Twitter at @BStationPod and at https://battlestations.pinecast.co
Deep Routes: Albany’s Bomb Squad
By Anthony Reinhard “Deep Routes” is a weekly series that will look in-depth at AFL stats and present weekly updates to my AFL model. Model Refresh We’re now in the final week of the regular season and much of the playoff picture has been revealed. All four spots have been clinched and the final week…
Battle of the Beltway Part 3
by Bee Jay Glosson With the playoffs on the line, the battle for the beltway against the Brigade carried more weight than normal in the week 12 matchup in Baltimore. The last time the two squared off we saw a chippy back and forth game and this week would not be any different. The scoring…
Week 12 Preview and Picks
Week 12 is here and there are two matchups to preview. Albany travels to Columbus to take on the Destroyers, looking for the number one seed. Washington travels to Baltimore to try and clinch the final playoff spot. There’s still plenty to play for this weekend. Albany is coming off of a rare loss in…
Deep Routes: Playoff Possibilities and WR Efficiency
by Anthony Reinhard “Deep Routes” is a weekly series that will look in-depth at AFL stats and present weekly updates to my AFL model. In my second post, I’ll take a look at the playoff picture and show the leaders in targets so far this season. Model Refresh Baltimore will be headed to the playoffs…
Stat Pack Attack: Dealer Dominate in Atlantic City
By Richard Martin If you’ve been watching Arena Football for awhile, you understand that there have been plenty of high scoring games in the league’s history. Last week, I talked about the highest scoring game in AFL history, the bounty for video still holds strong by the way, and the Albany Empire and Atlantic City…
Deep Routes: A Weekly Dive Into the Statistics of the AFL
by Anthony Reinhard Hi everyone! This will be my first weekly post where I’ll share some forecasts from my AFL Elo model and occasionally make a deep dive into some AFL data that I’ve collected. Model Refresh Albany was surprisingly upset last week on the road, but retains the top spot in my rankings. Philadelphia…
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