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Damian Nelson, aka Double D, resides in Kansas City, Missouri, is a father of six who works in the Healthcare IT industry. Most importantly, he is a lifelong Chiefs fan, (tracing his fan roots all the way back to Chiefs' Huddle Club days down at Muncipal Stadium) and season ticket holder. He is among Arrowhead Addict's earliest commenters and some might even say its greatest of all time. As AA Senior Contributor, his much anticipated weekly "Double Take" feature analyzes Chiefs' DVOA stats during the regular season, serving as a popular, compelling, and provocative read.

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Of Combines and Correlations – Part 3

For the benefit of those of who are new to this multi-installment analysis of the Chiefs 2012 draft picks, please link back to Part 1 and Part 2 of this series to get up to speed on what this is all about.…Read More

Of Combines and Correlations – Part 2

Last week, I introduced Arrowhead Addict readers to Joe Landers’ approach to forecasting NFL success, or rather I should say the likelihood thereof, of a NFL draft prospect based on that prospect’s…Read More

Of Combines and Correlations – Part 1

I’m quite certain that right about now most of you are getting pretty frothy about all the undrafted rookie free agents the Chiefs are looking at and/or signing so I’ll apologize up front if my…Read More

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Are We There Yet?

Through the draft and free agency, the Chiefs appear to have taken a few decisive steps towards addressing some of their biggest offseason needs. Through free agency they made a very necessary and very…Read More

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Take A Deep Breath

There seems to be a lot of misconceptions and–dare I say–anger afloat concerning the Chiefs first round draft pick NT Dontari Poe. I think the biggest misconception in currency is that the…Read More

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2012 NFL Draft: Drafting For Impact

I got to wondering the other day. Other than quarterback, which position, drafted in the first round,…Read More

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Random Thoughts

Addicts, check out the new banner. Pretty sweet. Mucho props to Tony Rangel for putting that together…Read More

Can’t Stop Partying

Like the Weezer song in the title of this post, right now feels like a party atmosphere for the…Read More

Kansas City Chiefs Nose Tackle Options

In case you missed it yesterday, Andrew Crocker put together some interesting and creative ideas about…Read More

Double D’s Def Draft, Mocking 2012

To give everyone a slight break from the frenzied first 48 hours of free agency (with which I too am…Read More

Stanford Routt, Next Steps

I, like most of you who closely follow all things Chiefs, find myself a little bit surprised, a little bit concerned, a little bit intrigued, perhaps a little bit excited, and mostly just a whole lot…Read More

2011 Chiefs DVOA Analysis Post Mortem Vol. 4: Inside The Chiephins Offense

As I’m sure most readers have by now concluded, the 2011 Chiefs offense struggled some. One interesting stat to look at in this area are 2011 Drive Stats as computed by Football Outsiders. Considering…Read More

2011 Chiefs DVOA Analysis Post Mortem Vol. 3: The Weis Hypothesis

For this week’s look back on the 2011 season, I’m bringing in a couple of graphs that seem well suited to my particular brand of speculation and conjecture. As addicted readers will…Read More

2011 Chiefs DVOA Analysis Post Mortem Vol. 2: Defense

Your favorite fake football statistician returns this week with a look at the Chiefs defense over the past three seasons. Make no mistake, the loss of Eric Berry was a major positional setback this past…Read More

2011 Chiefs DVOA Post Mortem Vol 1: The Haley Years

This week I’ll try delving a bit into how much of an impact Todd Haley’s tenure as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs had in terms of developing and/or improving (or not) our favorite team.…Read More

Chiefs DVOA Rankings: Weeks 16 & 17

First off apologies for not getting my weekly contribution to Arrowhead Addict posted last week. I am making up for that by doubling up on the results and information from last week with those of this…Read More

Chiefs DVOA Rankings: Week 15

What a difference a week makes. New coach, new quarterback, new team. I’ve got to tell you that I will never, ever forget what I witnessed last Sunday nor the faces of the 20,000 Packers fan who…Read More

Chiefs DVOA Rankings: Week 14

Slow week in the world of Kansas City Chiefs’ news. Thankfully at such times there’s always DVOA Stats to pour over and discuss. Anticipate no further. We’ll see how our beloved 5-8…Read More

Chiefs DVOA Rankings: Week 13

Thanks to what appeared to be some really solid defense, plus a little magic and luck, the Chiefs snuck out of Soldier Field with a surprising and close win over the Bears. The Chiefs offense, under the…Read More

Chiefs DVOA Analysis: Week 10

So here we are. I sounded the alarm even before the Dolphins game that the Chiefs were in danger of only winning four games this season. Two weeks hence, that is looking like a much more realistic possibility…Read More

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