Looking at the biggest surprise winning teams of 2021: Can the Bengals, Titans, and Cardinals keep it up in 2022?
Pete Overzet and Chris Spags of EdjSports are back to host a new episode of Splash Play! Pete and Spags discuss top wide receivers that might be on the move, the Stefon Diggs contract and DK Metcalf rumors before doing a best ball draft on Underdog!
The Pitt Panthers quarterback is likely to be selected in the first round, but Derrik Klassen says any team that does so will live to regret it.
Daniel Jones' fifth-year contract option is in limbo. Saquon Barkley is cap sludge. Find out why the new Giants brain trust is doing nothing about it.
Football Outsiders experts Aaron Schatz and Mike Tanier are joined by Football Outsiders contributor, Bryan Knowles to discuss the oldest and youngest teams in the NFL based on snap-weighted age. They also talk remaining free agency futures.
While Davante Adams and Chandler Jones have drawn the headlines, it's a second-year lineman who could decide the Raiders' fate, and more lessons from OL continuity scores.
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Tom Brady continues his war against time in our annual look at snap-weighted age. The Patriots and 49ers are also surprisingly old, while the Lions got very young in 2021.
It's a close race, but our Playmaker Score favors the Arkansas product over Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, or Jameson Williams.
Football Outsiders' Senior Analyst Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier), is joined by his co-host FO Contributor Derrik Klassen (@QBKlass), and longtime NFL Scout, Russell Lande (@RUSSLANDE) to discuss what is happening in the NFL Draft "war rooms" at this time of year, share their choices for sleeper pick and square-peg in the 2022 NFL Draft, and run through a 3-round mock draft for the New England Patriots.
Minnesota edge rusher Boye Mafe visits Walkthrough to talk about his NFL journey and answer some tough questions about his childhood. Plus pro day notes and buzz about David Bell, Jermaine Jackson, and others.
Defense-adjusted Value Over Average
Measures a team's efficiency by comparing success on every single play to a league average based on situation and opponent.
Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement
Compares the performance of each player, in terms of DVOA, to a replacement-level baseline rather than the league average for that position.
DVOA Adjusted for Volatility Early
Used early in the year with the goal of getting the best idea of how good a team will be over the entire season without jumping to conclusions based on one or two good or bad early games.
Pete Overzet and Chris Spags of EdjSports are back to host a new episode of Splash Play! Pete and Spags discuss the DeVante Parker trade to New England and whether it's truly a great fit or not, and then play a little guessing game involving the ageless Frank Gore, who recently announced his retirement. They also do part one of their USFL preview!
Wilson to Denver! Miller to Buffalo! Adams to Vegas! And Brady's back in Tampa, but Arians is gone! Cale Clinton looks back at a wild March in the Month in Quotes.
What makes a team turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of neutrality? This April 1, we complete our dynasty trifecta, trying to find the most average squad in NFL history.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling? JuJu Smith-Schuster? A first-round draft pick? Patrick Mahomes' 2022 options appear suboptimal. Plus: an obituary for the "Cap is Fake" narrative.
Football Outsiders expert Mike Tanier is joined by Football Outsiders contributors, Bryan Knowles and J.P. Acosta to discuss some NFL foolery in honor of April Fool's Day, give their hot takes from the spring meetings, talk failed and successful completions, and take a look at the 2021 DVOA overachievers.
Remember when Jason Garrett was going to turn the Giants around? Or when Arthur Smith was going to spark an offensive renaissance in Atlanta? Or when literally anyone was healthy for the Ravens?
In a draft filled with question marks at the quarterback position, Cincinnati's signal-caller stands out as the passer most likely to make an impact in his first season.
For it's root, root, root for the home team, as Skip Holtz's Birmingham Stallions are the only USFL team actually playing in the city they're representing.
