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by swasheck 1785 days ago
i've always wanted to test the hypothesis that the timing and type of penalties within a game have more of an impact than the overall number of penalties. is there a way to leverage a penalty for strategic advantage at any given point in the game?

i still suspect that would be hard to determine given the subjective nature of what constitutes a penalty and what (dis)advantage the penalized team was carrying at any given moment.

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This reminds me of Belichick intentionally taking defensive penalties to run out the clock.