If the Super Bowl comes down to a fourth-down decision from one of the two coaches, the numbers point to Kansas City’s Andy Reid being more likely to make the correct decision than Tampa Bay’s Bruce Arians.
Reid has gone from a coach who was frequently criticized for being overly cautious at crucial points of games into one who has become effectively aggressive with key calls that helped win last season’s Super Bowl, as well as a playoff game earlier this season. “He’s taken it to the next level because he’s open minded and embraced analytics.
He was willing as an old-school coach to say I can improve, and he’s been rewarded by that,” said Frank Frigo, a co-founder of EdjSports, an analytics company that has one of the best models for