In baseball, wins above replacement (WAR) is one of the best statistics for summarizing the total value of any player on the field. Using Expected Points Added (EPA) and Approximate Value (AV), this post explores the possibility...
Category - NFL Football
By Kevin Meers With the new collective bargaining agreement came the rookie wage scale and a lengthy discussion of how the rookie wage scale would change draft strategy. Using salary data from www.spotrac.com, this analysis...
by Ben Blatt and Andrew Mooney You can also read this post on the Boston Globe’s website here Bill Belichick and the postgame podium are notorious for being a lethally boring tandem. Week after week, he stymies reporters...
By Kevin Meers (Huge thanks to TeamRankings for providing the data used in this post) Last November, I wrote a post on how the lockout did not significantly affect injuries in the NFL this season. Now that the regular season is...
by Kevin Meers Using my previous analysis of career approximate value (CAV) on how to value draft picks, this study analyzes how the results apply to the quarterback position. As the five-month debate on what the Colts should do...
By Chris Bruce and Andrew Mooney A couple weeks ago we did some analysis on Tim Tebow, attempting to explain how he’s been winning games despite his poor statistical performance. Simply put, he has been performing poorly...
by Kevin Meers The lists below are based on my previous analysis on the NFL draft using the Career Approximate Value from www.pro-football-reference.com. The Overachievers Share this:TwitterFacebookRedditLinkedInEmailLike...
by Kevin Meers Through 12 weeks of the season, most franchises in the National Football League know whether they are in the playoff hunt or if they need to start prepping for the draft: The Green Bay Packers and San Francisco...
By Chris Bruce and Andrew Mooney You can find an update of this post including another two weeks of games here. You can also read this post here on Boston.com. Over the first 5 weeks of the NFL season, the Kyle Orton-led Denver...
(Ed note: Huge thanks to the guys at TeamRankings for providing the dataset) By Kevin Meers Over halfway through the NFL season, many are still discussing the perceived effects of the lockout this summer. Washington Redskin Chris...