With most NFL games being played this season in empty or partially occupied stadiums, it makes sense that home-field advantage isn’t what it used to be. But the numbers say that the trend actually goes back several years, making for one of football’s greatest modern mysteries—why doesn’t playing at home matter like it used to? The Ringer’s Nora Princiotti investigates.

Nora Princiotti

Nora Princiotti covers the NFL, culture, and pop music, sometimes all at once. She hosts the podcast ‘Every Single Album,’ appears on ‘The Ringer NFL Show,’ and is The Ringer’s resident Taylor Swift scholar.