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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: May 1, 2009
This is great news for Saints fans for many reasons, not the least of which is knowing the Saints will remain in New Orleans and be their team. Of course, it should also help the local economy and bring stability to the organization.
But being the coach I am, I always want to know how this will help the Saints on the football field, or if it will at all.
To determine whether playing in a dome is an advantage, I took the home records of all dome teams (retractable roofs included) from 2006 to 2008.
Houston's 2008 season was not included, since they played the entire season with an open roof. And although Dallas technically had an open roof at Texas Stadium, it played like a dome stadium.
Over the three-year period, dome teams won 114 of the 208 home games they played. The percentage is 54.8 percent.
That seems pretty low to me. But you...
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