NFL Free Agency is a firestorm for creating football discussion. It garners the majority of attention, while often the true mechanisms of winning go unnoticed. One such organization that has taken steps necessary to be an elite organization is the … [Continue reading]
The Patriot Way And WR Evaluation
February 26, 2013 by
One of the organizations I respect is the New England Patriots because they are an organization that embodies intelligence and doing things that are outside the box. One such example was their ability to redefine how teams use multiple TEs to create … [Continue reading]
Running Backs And Speed Score: Knile Davis and Some Coffee
February 26, 2013 by
Football Outsiders created a metric called speed score that measures a speed to weight ratio and has typically been used to gauge potential for RBs. Unlike the Flying 20 metric mentioned previously, the Speed Score metric for running backs has a … [Continue reading]
Quarterbacks, Analytics, And Arbitrage
January 23, 2013 by
There is an ongoing debate right now regarding who the best Quarterback is of all time, and it usually results in a Joe Montana versus Tom Brady debate. I see a different problem that needs to be resolved. Why were neither taken in the first round? … [Continue reading]
The Flying-20 On Trial: An Indicator Of Success For Wide Receivers?
December 29, 2012 by
At the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in 2012, an executive for the 49ers, Parag Marathe, brought up a metric called the Flying-20. This is the last 20 yards of a 40 yard dash. He exclaimed that it is a metric that can be used to predict … [Continue reading]