Thinking Orange Aug 25, 2020 6 min Locked in Starter? Setting Expectations that Avoid the Small Numbers Trap Drew Lock was the hardest quarterback to sack in the entire NFL last year. Harder to sack than athletic phenoms Patrick Mahomes, Lamar...
Thinking Orange Apr 22, 2020 3 min Ignore the Patterns—Drafting is Random Consider the sex of six babies born in a hospital. Each birth is a random event—whether the first baby is a boy or a girl has no effect...
Thinking Orange Mar 28, 2020 4 min Reference Points and Prospect Evaluation—It’s All Relative It’s officially #draftSZN. Time to start grinding that tape! But objectively assessing talent may be trickier for more than just not...
Thinking Orange Mar 26, 2020 3 min The Endowment Effect and Waiver Transactions: It’s “Add/Add” Not “Add/Drop” Placing waiver claims can not only force pretty agonizing decisions, they can also provide a chance for quirky mental processing to lead...
Thinking Orange Mar 25, 2020 3 min When Less is More: How to Gain an Edge by Trading for Bad Players Decision-making involves lots of complex thought—much of which can even occur sub-consciously. These sub-conscious strategies for making...
