Mike Sando is a senior NFL writer at The Athletic, and he’s one of the most open-minded and analytically-minded national NFL writers, as well as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s election committee. In this episode, we talk about…- The Divisional Round and conference championship games - Mike’s career path from Whitworth to ESPN to The Athletic - How football data has changed over the past two decades - How he uses stats and analytics in his writing - Advice for aspiring journalists about media, analytics &amp; other skills - How teams’ use of data has evolved &amp; what they can/will do with NGS data - How numbers are used in the Hall of Fame election process - His favorite Super Bowl experience Show links - Follow Mike on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sandonfl" target="_blank">@SandoNFL</a> - Mike’s writing at <a href="https://theathletic.com/author/mike-sando/" target="_blank">The Athletic</a> - Mike’s <a href="https://theathletic.com/1530447/2020/01/13/sandos-pick-six-insiders-takes-on-lamar-jackson-after-a-disappointing-divisional-round-exit/" target="_blank">Divisional Round recap &amp; title game preview</a> - Whitworth <a href="https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/our-stories/mike-sando/" target="_blank">alumni profile</a>Listen here or wherever you get podcasts: <a href="https://bit.ly/ExpValueApple" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVgoogle" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVpodspotify" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVstitcher" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/EVtunein" target="_blank">TuneIn</a>

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