The NFL is a matchup-based sport, and defensive coordinators will do everything they can to stifle the flow of the opposing quarterback.
Despite the evident influence of defenders on opposing attacks, fantasy players and spectators usually have to rely on one-way stats to represent crime and protection. They are then forced to compare their results to uncover discrepancies.
Every week, the purpose is to provide clear charts and annotations that identify the major matchups and advantages on both sides in the following categories:
- Plays with a Bang
- Pace
- Pressure
- Before Contact Yards
- Game of Passing
- EPA
- EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITIES (EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITIES)
Big plays are what makes football so exciting. We aim for games involving explosive offenses and vulnerable defenses when compiling game stacks in DFS or betting an over.
The explosive pass rate is calculated by adding an offense’s rate of 20-plus yard completions per attempt to the defense’s average completion length. I have a higher percentage of infractions (blue is good, red is bad).
Football
The objective of
football is simple: to score more goals than your opponent. During the Olympic knockout rounds, teams compete in two 45-minute halves, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to determine ties.
The six continental confederations and the host nation Japan will arrange events to qualify fifteen men’s national teams. Eleven women’s national teams will compete with the host nation, all of whom will be eligible through the same criteria.
A round-robin group stage precedes the knockout stage in both the men’s and women’s events. Each team in a four-team group plays once. A win is worth three points, a draw is worth one end, and a defeat is worth none. The top two teams from each group and the top two third-place finishers in the women’s event advance to the knockout rounds, which include quarter-finals, semi-finals, and gold and bronze medal matches.
Since the Sydney 2000 Games, football has been the only Olympic event in which the tournament begins before the Opening Ceremony. This is done to keep track of a hectic schedule and ensure that players get enough rest between games.
Outlook for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Many nations won the
men’s football competition during the amateur era, and South American countries have recently ruled. With the help of their fans, Brazil won its sole Olympic gold medal to date at the Rio 2016 Games. In London 2012, Mexico won the gold medal match, whereas Argentina did it in Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004, defeating Paraguay.
Spain won the latest European gold medal in 1992 in Barcelona. No Asian country has ever won a gold medal; Japan finished fourth in Mexico in 1968 and fourth in London in 2012.
In 2012, Japan came in second place, and in the quarter-finals of Rio 2016, they were defeated by eventual runners-up Sweden. However, interesting new teams such as Chile or Zambia may arise with the game’s global expansion.
