Scott Kacsmar

Scott is a historian, writer, and data analyst from Pittsburgh, PA who has studied NFL and NBA statistics since 2003. He standardized the fourth-quarter comeback and game-winning drive stats for the NFL at Pro Football Reference. His work has been featured at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, FiveThirtyEight, and Bookmakers Review. He has also watched over 7,500 films and 1,000 TV series and keeps statistics on those as well.
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    Scott’s Four NFL Picks: Week 12 Thanksgiving Special

    By Scott Kacsmar The NFL has a special Week 12 schedule for the holidays, so we will do something different too with NFL picks just for the four games on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Every game is a divisional matchup, so these teams should know each other well to help…

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    Scott’s Seven NFL Picks: Week 11

    By Scott Kacsmar The NFL has a Week 11 schedule that will build with anticipation for Monday night when the Eagles and Chiefs meet in an epic Super Bowl rematch. But there are also some good games before that for NFL picks with Steelers-Browns, Chargers-Packers, Cardinals-Texans, and we will see…

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    Pacers and Clippers Among NBA’s Most Surprising and Disappointing Teams in 2023-24 Season

    By Scott Kacsmar The NBA has been in full swing for over three weeks now as most teams have played 11 games of the 2023-24 season. We have already seen LeBron James defy his age with some great performances, Victor Wembanyama improve his odds for Rookie of the Year, and…

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    Super Bowl LVII - Eagles vs Chiefs

    Will Chiefs-Eagles Be the NFL’s Rare Super Bowl Rematch in February?

    By Scott Kacsmar Arguably the biggest game of the NFL’s 2023 regular season is happening Monday night when the Kansas City Chiefs (7-2) host the Philadelphia Eagles (8-1) in a Super Bowl rematch of last year’s 38-35 classic. The 35 points scored by the Eagles are the most ever by…

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    Scott’s Seven NFL Picks: Week 10

    By Scott Kacsmar The NFL has a Week 10 schedule that has people groaning, but that’s mostly because they picked the wrong island games. There should be some quality football played in 49ers-Jaguars, the Ravens are trying to sweep the Browns in an important AFC North game, and Lions-Chargers should…

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    NFL 2023 Midseason Review: Division Races and Super Bowl 58 Odds

    By Scott Kacsmar We are halfway through the NFL’s 2023 regular season. If Weeks 1-9 are any indication on where things are heading, then we could be looking at a very familiar Championship Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs (+490 at FanDuel), Philadelphia Eagles (+500), and San Francisco 49ers (+600)…