New Scouting Metric: PowerBurst Index for Running Backs, Wide Recievers And Tight Ends
Hey, the NFL season starts in less than a week so you know what everyone wants to read about? Scouting models!
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Touchdown Conversion Rates Inside the Five: Receivers and Rushers
What makes the 20 yard line so special? As we are beginning to learn, basically nothing. It’s a nice approximation of a distance in which scoring becomes more likely, but it is by no means a perfect metric. What about players who do well even closer to the endzone? Targets or carries that occur inside the five yard line are inherently more valuable than targets or carries that come at the 19 yard line. Therefore, converting those targets is pretty damned important. So who are…
Redzone Reliance Percentage: Pass Catchers
Last week, I introduced the framework of a large part of what my offseason work is going to consist of. Red Zone Reliance percentage, the amount of a players fantasy points that he scores in the red zone, is a new advanced fantasy football metric that I have invented. It’s predictive properties are not yet entirely quantified, but will be something that I continue to work and theorize on throughout the next several months. It’s immediate use, in relation to the running backs that were…
Five NBA Players You Need To Notice
Every year in the NBA, there are players who perform well or even amazing on a night to night basis and don’t receive the recognition that they deserve. It is the plight of a league that is dominated by superstars and that we don’t fully understand. Just as baseball took decades too long to realize that a walk is just as good as hit, basketball is still learning to understand what is valuable to a team and what isn’t. This causes us to dramatically underrate…