Preseason Week 3 – NFL Analytics – Game Summaries. Graphics are relative to the winning team’s performance. Patriots 30 – Panthers 7 Green Bay 31 – Oakland 21 Seattle 34 – Chicago 6 Giants 35 – Jets 24 Lions 13 – Jaguars 12 If you find this information insightful please leave a comment. If … Read More
In-game Football Analytics – Eagles-Steelers
Including last night’s Eagles-Steelers game, there have been 35 preseason games played in the 2014 season. Teams use these games to evaluate players and I am using these games to evaluate my new football data visualization scheme for use in football analytics. Let’s see what the games tell us inside the numbers. Number of possessions: 800 – average of almost … Read More
Analytics surrounding Lonnie Ballentine
The journey to relevance continues for Lonnie Ballentine. The Houston Texans report to training camp today and his first NFL training camp practice will be Saturday. My two previous posts revealed several thought-provoking insights about final round draft picks. The exploration of the analytics surrounding the selection on Ballentine as Mr. Irrelevant in the 2014 NFL Draft continues. Here are … Read More
More Analytics on Mr. Irrelevant
This is the second of four posts using analytics to breakdown the selection of 2014 Mr. Irrelevant, Lonnie Ballentine. The first post outlined the history of the award and insightful analysis surrounding late-round draft picks. This post ventures into the positional breakdown of the late round draft picks and it continues to apply a simple, yet extremely revealing, success criteria … Read More
NFL draft analytics on Mr. Irrelevant
Tomorrow the Buffalo Bills players will report to camp, kicking off the start of the 2014 NFL season. And NFL training camp report dates for every team are just around the corner. But if you ask me, an event that took place from July 9– 12 should be the official start of the NFL season. The crowing of the NFL’s … Read More