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This post is drier than your mom’s Fun Dip.

Looking at suspensions during the regular season vs. suspensions in the playoffs, the conventional wisdom is that players just don’t get suspended in the playoffs.

Its not particularly easy to pull suspension stats.  Its almost like the league doesn’t want fans to pay attention to who gets suspended, and why.  The Department of Player Safety (DoPS – DoPes) announces suspensions via twitter, and in the Shanahan era it released explanatory video.  Here is a chart which shows suspensions by month for the last three seasons, with April split into regular season and playoffs. Continue reading →

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