Purdy in concussion protocol, uncertain vs. Cincy

When Commissioner Roger Goodell proposed nearly two years ago a rule that would make ejections automatic in the event of multiple transgressions in the same game, he spoke broadly enough to encompass all types of personal fouls. Ultimately, the league adopted a rule that applies only to certain types

In February 2018, The Athletic's Ben Baldwin wrote a guest column for Football Outsiders, in which he used NFL play-by-play charting from 2011-17 to show that neither the frequency nor success of rushing attempts prior to play-action passes had an influence on the effectiveness of the play-fake. About a year later, FiveThirtyEight put out a piece that evaluated the NFL's Next Gen tracking data from 2017, which included 91 games and 1,235 play-action snaps. The article illustrated how middle linebackers bite on the play-fake regardless of how many times a team runs play-action in a game.