In Part One, Two, Three and Four – I share my unique view of Alejandro Villanueva’s journey to the NFL. Almost a year later I augment with Part Five – National Anthem. So much dialogue and diatribe has accomplanied Colin Kapernick’s recent self-expression during the National Anthem. America is a land of the free and home of the brave. I … Read More
Power Rankings for NFL Analytics
Analytics, Moneyball, Metrics….. The bottom line in professional sport is and always will be the scoreboard. Two numbers compared to each other when the contest has concluded. Pretty simple. Not too confusing. Attention: NFL Analytics Power Rankings Below What is analytics? A few definitions: 1) The method of logical analysis or the field of data analysis. 2) The discovery, interpretation, … Read More
NFL Offenses Thru 10 Weeks
Drive analytics from The Q5 brings you breakdowns of NFL offensive performance from every drive of the 2015 season for every team. Critical situations are isolated and offensive performance is revealed. Look beyond the number of TDs and points and into the Q-Scores for scoring drives and non-scoring drives. Drive-Q values for every team and every drive are analyzed in … Read More
Alejandro Villanueva, My View – Part Four: NFL
In Part One, Part Two and Part Three of my view of Alejandro Villanueva’s journey to the NFL, I told a little about our experience successfully converting him from lineman to wide receiver and his transition in to active duty. Today, I’d like to share a little on our latest meeting. Two week ago I saw Ali in San Diego … Read More
Tracking Q-Scores from 2014 to week 7 of 2015
Drive analytics reveal insightful performance changes from 2014 to 2015 week 7 for all 32 NFL teams. Season-long Q-scores for teams are compared from the 2014 season to their current value in 2015. The following table shows the difference between 2015 week 7 and the end of 2014. Who has improved the most? Who is falling? Not based on record … Read More