Athlon Sports created the Red Zone Plus/Minus as an exclusive metric that combines NFL teams' efficiency in the red zone on ...

With the 2025 NFL season set to kick off, Athlon Sports is debuting a new methodology for calculating weekly team rankings. It’s a new statistic based on teams’ performance in the red zone. Most ...

There are a host of different types of play in the NFL. While some are defensive masterpieces like the Blitz, the teams can aptly capitalize on several other offensive strategies to maximize their ...

It’s unlikely that Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson tests his injured hamstring Sunday against the Houston Texans. Even with Cooper Rush starting under center, things can’t get much worse ...

Like other NFL statistics that accumulate numbers throughout the season, teams that dig themselves a hole will have a tougher time moving up the charts as the season moves along. Looking at Athlon ...

Long gone are the days of the profitable gold zone in Green Bay. For those unfamiliar, former Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was a big fan of the 2002 movie “Austin Powers in ...

The Green Bay Packers, in a dominating 23-6 Week 12 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, scored on four red-zone drives — two touchdowns and two field goals — and they kept the Vikings out of the end ...

Seven games in, the Chicago Bears have been unable to get on track in the red zone. They might be inclined to rename it the “orange zone” this weekend. The Cincinnati Bengals defense ranks 30th in red ...

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa didn’t necessarily agree with me. I asked Tagovailoa after Tuesday’s practice whether the Dolphins had been calling more “big-boy” plays in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The numbers leap off the stat sheet: six red zone trips, two touchdowns. For an Ohio State offense loaded with NFL talent at every position, this conversion rate was concerning. In ...

Expected Points Added (EPA) is a great way to quantify how valuable each play is in terms of points based on down, distance, and field position. EPA assesses the “value” of a play in an intuitive way.