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Why haven't you posted anything here, Jerome?

 I haven't added a new article here in years, and I know my tons of adoring fans are beside themselves [laughs to himself]. Anyway, that's because I was lucky enough to be a contributor at numberFire (which I believe is being renamed FanDuel Research) for the previous three NFL seasons. 

It was a great experience I was able to learn a lot about writing on and communicating quantitative ideas in sports. This year they trimmed down their contributors and got rid of most (if not all) of the seasonal writers. It worked out for me personally. I just moved into a new house, have a 2-year-old, and a new puppy, so I've been kept busy. 

Anyway, I wanted to at least document some of the articles I've written, and thanks to the Wayback Machine you can what I wrote about, with one of the pieces getting saved. See below:

Whole Article: Monday Night Betting - Week 13 of the 2022 Season

Lists of Articles (that aren't saved):

Most of my 2022 Articles (Monday Night Betting)
Last 12 of my 2021 Articles (Monday Night Betting)
Last 12 of my 2020 Articles (NFL Power Rankings)


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