Why is Football Outsiders biased in favor of the New England Patriots (or Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, etc.)?
We’re not biased against your favorite team, we’re actually biased against you personally, as well as your race, religion, city of origin, sexual activities, and your promiscuous mother. No, no, that’s a joke. But since you must know, the statistical rankings here are based entirely on the NFL’s play-by-play data, and are not adjusted to reflect bias for or against any particular team. Whenever formulas are adjusted, it is to improve their performance over nine years of data for over 250 team seasons, and changes are not geared toward screwing over any one team. On the other hand, all of the writers here are fans first, and it has always been the policy of Football Outsiders to be very upfront about which teams we root for.
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