By: David Taylor After two blow-out playoff games, it appears that the matchup Arena Bowl 32 is set. The Philadelphia Soul and the Albany Empire will more than likely be squaring off. Philadelphia will be looking for its third Arena Bowl championship, while Albany will be looking for its first-ever Arena Bowl championship as the…
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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…
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…
AFL Week 11 Preview and Picks
by: David Taylor Week 11 only has one game, but it may just be the most important game of the season. Philadelphia travels to Atlantic City to take on the Blackjacks. The contest will determine the fate of Atlantic City, and willl heavily influence what Baltimore and Washington need to do the following weekend. Two…
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…
2019 AFL Playoff Scenarios, Version 2.0
by: David Taylor After week 10, there are as many questions as there are answers for the 2019 Arena Football League Playoffs. Teams faltered. One team punched its ticket to the postseason, and a dark horse is rising in Atlantic City. According to the official AFL tiebreaker procedures, here is an updated look at the…
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