2020 NFL Team Previews: Team

2020 NFL Team Previews

By Professor MJ

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1. Introduction

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2. Offensive Position-by-Position Breakdown

2.1 Quarterbacks (QBs)

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2.2 Running Backs (RBs)

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2.3 Wide Receivers (WRs)

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2.4 Tight Ends (TEs)

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2.5 Offensive Line (OL)

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2020 VS 2019 OFFENSE

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Final call (2020 vs 2019):

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3. Defensive Position-by-Position Breakdown

3.1 Defensive Linemen (DLs)

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3.2 Defensive Ends (DEs) / Edge Rushers (ED)

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3.3 Linebackers (LBs)

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3.4 Cornerbacks (CBs)

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3.5 Safeties (S)

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2020 VS 2019 DEFENSE

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Final call (2020 vs 2019):

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4. Regular Season Wins

According to sportsbooks, the Team are expected to win .5 games this season. Should we bet the “over” or the “under”?

Here is the methodology I used in order to answer this vital question:

  • Use BetOnline.ag’s point spreads on all 256 regular season games.
  • Convert those point spreads into win probabilities.
  • Simulate each of the 256 games, according to those win probabilities, via the R statistical software.
  • Repeat the previous step one million times (you get 1M simulated seasons).
  • Count the proportion of seasons where the Team won more or less than 8.5 games.

Here are the results:

  • Tip: Bet UNDER 8.5 wins
  • Return On Investment (ROI): +9.7%
  • Rank: 26th-highest ROI out of 32 teams
  • Minimum odds required to bet (i.e. ROI = 0%): -163

Here are BetOnline’s point spreads for the team’ 16 regular season games:

  • HOME: -5 vs DET, 0 vs GB, -3.5 vs HOU, -1.5 vs IND, 0 vs MIN, +2.5 vs NO, -5 vs NYG, -1 vs TB.
  • ROAD: +2 @ ATL, -2.5 @ CAR, +1.5 @ DET, +4.5 @ GB, +1 @ JAX, +3.5 @ LAR, +4 @ MIN, +3 @ TEN.

      Note: The “Best odds” from the table above were obtained after looking at 13 well-known online sportsbooks on May 18th, 2020.

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