More NFL teams are using statisticians and data crunching services to gain a competitive advantage on the gridiron, reports The New York Times . A statistical approach to running a sports team gained notoriety after the 2011 movie Moneyball (itself based on a 2003 book), which profiled the 2002 Oakland A's baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Beane used statistics and data to build a competitive team, also known as sabermetrics, instead of relying on traditional scouting methods.
In the NFL, a number of teams are adopting a statistical approach to coaching their teams, and a number of third-party services have popped up to help them do just that. Football Outsiders, Advanced NFL Stats, Stats L.L.C., and even ESPN all...
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