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12 Jul 2012, 03:23pm by Aaron Schatz
KUBIAK and FOA 2012 Available! (UPDATE)
Football Outsiders Almanac 2012 (PDF version) and the KUBIAK fantasy football spreadsheet are now on sale. Find out more details in this post. Now with samples!
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23 May 2013, 03:00pm by Aaron Schatz
Help Out Eric Mangini's Football Camp for Kids
Some readers know that I've volunteered the last two summers at Eric Mangini's one-day Football Fundamentals camp in Hartford. You may remember my article last year about The Greatest 7-on-7 Team That Ever Was. Unfortunately, this year I'm not going to be able to make it because we're behind on Football Outsiders Almanac 2013 and I'm going into seven-days-a-week mode after Brown reunion weekend this Saturday.
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22 May 2013, 02:39pm by Aaron Schatz
Michael Crabtree Tears Achilles in OTAs
Uh-oh. Multiple sources are reporting that Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon in yesterday's OTAs. That's a big loss for the 49ers considering how well Crabtree and Kaepernick clicked after Kaepernick moved into the starting lineup last year. A torn Achilles used to mean you would miss the entire season. Recently, players such as Terrell Suggs have worked their way back to play half a season, albeit not at full strength. We'll have to see if Crabtree is able to do that as well.
18 comments, Last at 6:02pm by theslothook
20 May 2013, 10:30am by Aaron Schatz
Aggressiveness Index Revisited
Who stole Bill Belichick's cojones in 2012, and are they the same people who stole Mike Smith's cojones? Here are Aggressiveness Index numbers for all head coaches in 2012 plus an added bonus: updated career AI numbers for the top 84 head coaches going back to 1991.
46 comments, Last at 1:37pm by nat
17 May 2013, 04:43pm by Aaron Schatz
Washington Post Four-Part Series on NFL Injuries
The Washington Post has an excellent four-part series that ran yesterday and today about medical issues in the NFL. Some of the graphics use detail from the FO injury database.
8 comments, Last at 22 May 2013, 1:29pm by markus
15 May 2013, 06:34pm by Aaron Schatz
Are the Patriots Cutting Kyle Love Due to Type 2 Diabetes?
As the world's self-proclaimed "thinnest Type-2 diabetic," this story is making me angry. The Patriots are releasing Kyle Love with a non-football injury designation. According to Love's agent, Richard Kopelman, this is because Love was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes two weeks ago, and has lost a lot of weight recently. It seems like a typically Patriots example of a cold-hearted football move, but even as a football move it seems like a massive overreaction.
45 comments, Last at 1:29am by RickD
14 May 2013, 09:54pm by Aaron Schatz
Melvin Ingram Tears ACL in OTAs
Outside linebacker Melvin Ingram tore his left ACL in OTAs today and is likely gone for all of 2013. This may not be as big a blow as some people think. Ingram didn't have a great rookie year, with just one sack in 14 games. Meanwhile, the Chargers' pass rush was actually better in 2012 than generally advertised, ranking eighth in Adjusted Sack Rate. Even as a 3-4, they get strong pass rush from linemen like Corey Liuget and Kendell Reyes. But with Shaun Phillips now in Denver, there's no depth among San Diego's edge rushers.
27 comments, Last at 19 May 2013, 11:37am by Trees
09 May 2013, 02:07pm by Aaron Schatz
Broken Tackles 2012: Defense
Leading our tally of broken tackles by defenders in 2012: Michael Griffin, Ed Reed, and lots and lots of Philadelphia Eagles.
29 comments, Last at 15 May 2013, 1:09am by LionInAZ
29 Apr 2013, 02:24pm by Aaron Schatz
Broken Tackles 2012: Offense
LeSean McCoy and Adrian Peterson top our list of broken tackles by offensive players in 2012. It was also a good year for rookies, and not a very good year for Beanie Wells.
40 comments, Last at 17 May 2013, 8:31pm by Richardfg7
29 Apr 2013, 10:51am by Aaron Schatz
Jets Cut Tim Tebow
I was trying to decide if "bad team cuts awful third-string quarterback" was actually news, but it seems to be what people are talking about this morning.
98 comments, Last at 12 May 2013, 10:26pm by nat