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When ESPNs Sports Analytics Team rebuilt its expected points model in the offseason, one of the new features that was built in was the ability to adjust the expected points added (EPA)?values based on the type of play that was called. This means we can fairly compare the results of plays against similar plays -- that is, to compare run plays to other run plays and not against passing plays. This adjustment is useful when comparing team running games to one another.Teams almost universally run too often, which generally makes running plays have negative EPA. This is a consequence of a league-wide miscalculation and not the fault of running backs or other players who are only doing their best when called upon. Expected points also allows us to better contextualize a players contributions compared to yards, as it accounts for the down, distance, yard line and time remaining. This means a 4-yard gain on a third-and-3 is immensely more valuable in terms of EPA than a 9-yard gain on third-and-15, despite being worth only one-third as many yards. In short, its a measure of a teams scoring potential throughout a drive. From a running backs perspective, it is how much his teams scoring potential changes on his carries. Unlike with QBR, there is no division of credit among players.This may be surprising, as Ezekiel Elliott of the Cowboys has outrushed the Dolphins Jay Ajayi by 245 yards (891 to 646), but the yards Ajayi is gaining have helped the Dolphins improve their scoring potential more than Elliotts have. That isnt to say Elliott has racked up a bunch of meaningless yards, but Ajayi has been particularly efficient, evidenced by his league-leading 5.98 yards per carry. He also owns the carry on which his team gained the most EPA so far this season -- his 62-yard touchdown to salt the game away against Pittsburgh in Week 5.Why is that run more valuable than some others that were longer? Largely because it came with only 1:01 left in the game, which meant the Steelers wouldnt have much time to respond, and enhances the value of scoring the touchdown.For more on EPA and other NFL metrics, check out ESPN.com/Analytics Air Vapormax Canada . LUCIE, Fla. Nike Air Max 270 Just Do It Black . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. http://www.airvapormaxcanada.com/vapormax-95-canada.html . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. Vapormax Flyknit 2 Canada .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Nike Air Force 1 Just Do It Canada . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. SEATTLE -- Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer, Shane Victorino slugged the last of Bostons five long balls and the Red Sox snapped a three-game skid with an 11-8 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. Boston rallied from an early 5-1 deficit, using two-run homers from Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli along with Bradleys solo shot to come back against the Mariners. Pedroia and Napoli homered in the third inning and Bradley gave Boston the lead in the fifth. Victorinos drive was part of a three-run eighth. Seattle was just as potent early, with Kendrys Morales going deep twice, but couldnt solve the Red Sox bullpen. Alfredo Aceves, Craig Breslow and Andrew Bailey kept Seattle scoreless for 4 2-3 innings after starter Allen Webster was tagged for seven earned runs in 2 1-3 innings. Seattle got a run off Junichi Tazawa in the eighth, but Koji Uehara pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Breslow (3-2) got the victory after throwing 2 1-3 innings. David Ortiz had four hits -- including a solo home run in the second off struggling Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma -- to give him 1,688 hits as a designated hitter, tying Harold Baines for the career record. Ortiz doubled twice and singled in the eighth. Seattle took a 5-1 lead in the second when rookie Brad Miller lined a three-run double into the right-field corner, but the lead was gone by the time the Mariners got back to the plate. Boston sent nine batters to the plate and scored five times in the third, highlighted by two-run homers from Pedroia and Napoli, sandwiched around a doublee from Ortiz that missed clearing the fence by only a couple of feet.dddddddddddd Pedroia added an RBI single in the fourth and Bradley gave the Red Sox the lead in the fifth when he hit a hanging curveball from Blake Beavan (0-2) to right-centre for his second homer. Bradley was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket earlier in the day to help provide depth in the outfield with Jacoby Ellsbury (wrist) and Victorino (hamstring) nursing nagging injuries. Morales two-run shot in the first was thanks to the hustle of Raul Ibanez beating out a potential double play and extending the inning. Morales added a solo homer on the first pitch of the third inning and Seattle got an RBI triple from Michael Saunders, but the Mariners left runners at the corners in the fourth inning and never threatened again until the eighth. Iwakuma lasted just three innings, the shortest start of his career, continuing a recent stretch of rough starts for the first-time All-Star. In his first 14 starts, Iwakuma was 7-1 with a 1.79 ERA, allowing 10 home runs and 22 earned runs. In his last five starts his ERA has ballooned to 6.83. He has given up 10 homers and 22 earned runs during the winless span. NOTES: Boston hit five homers in a game for the second time this season. The Red Sox season high is six against Toronto on April 7. ... Seattle scored in the final five innings on Monday and first three innings on Tuesday. The eight straight innings with a run set a club record. ... The Red Sox placed reliever Alex Wilson on the 15-day DL with a thumb injury. He returned to Boston for further examination. ' ' '