Table of Contents
Introduction.
PART ONE: Debunking Myths.
1. What Is the True Value of the Left Tackle?
2. How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away? Why the End of the NFL Dynasty Is Not Here.
3. Is It Like Winning the Lottery, or Is It More Like Winning at a Bingo Hall?
PART TWO: Statistical Reviews.
4. Does the Creampuff Diet Work for NFL Teams?
5. Does It Take an Elite Running Back to Win a Super Bowl?
PART THREE: A Look at the Coaching Profession.
6. The Darwinism of the Coaching Forest.
7. Do Coaches Have a Ten-Year Shelf Life?
8. Marty Schottenheimer: Hall of Famer?
9. It Takes a Coaching Acorn to Build a Coaching Tree.
PART FOUR: Historical Iconoclasm.
10. Who Are the Best Hall of Fame Candidates?
11. Art Rooney Wasn’t a Victim of Circumstance During His Team’s Forty-Two-Year Championship Drought.
12. Bert Bell’s Gold Watch, or Can Someone Tell Me Why This Man Is in the Hall of Fame?
13. The Greatest Defense of All Time. Period.
14. The Greatest Wide Receiver of All Time. Period.
PART FIVE: An NFL Business Review.
15. NFL Socialism versus NFL Meritocracy: A Cautionary Tale.
16. Why the NFL’s Blackout Rules Make No Financial Sense.
Prescription for Change.
A Call for a Historical Statistical Revolution.
Index.