Compared to Bill James by The New York Times Magazine, and attributed as a “founding father of football analytics” by The Ringer, AARON SCHATZ is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of Football Outsiders. Aaron is also the creator of most of the original statistical methods (DVOA, DYAR) used in NFL analysis on this website, as well as Lead Writer, Editor, and Statistician on the book series Football Outsiders Almanac (published since 2009). He also writes for ESPN.com and ESPN+, and appears weekly during the NFL season on the Off The Charts podcast. During the 2011 season, he was a regular panelist on the ESPN2 show Numbers Never Lie. Before Football Outsiders, Aaron spent five years as a radio host at WBRU Providence and WKRO Daytona Beach, and three years as the writer and producer of the Lycos 50, the Internet's foremost authority on the people, places, and things that are searched online. He has written on sports, politics, and taxes for a number of publications including The New Republic, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Slate, The American Prospect, and the Boston Phoenix. Aaron resides in Worcester, Massachusetts and yes, is a New England Patriots fan.
Football Outsiders Live! takes your questions for another Ask Me Anything (AMA). Mike Tanier and Scott Spratt hosted this week's AMA with special guest, Bryan Knowles to talk about NFL Week 14.
Tampa Bay has a slight lead overall but the Patriots have taken a dominating lead in our weighted ratings that lower the importance of early-season games. Plus: Houston's very, very bad running game.
Football Outsiders Live! is back for a NFL Week 13 Review with EdjSports.
New at ESPN+: Comparing the 2021 Buffalo Bills to the most inconsistent teams in NFL history based on DVOA.
What's the record for teams such as Dallas that rank in the top 10 in all three phases of the game? Plus, a Thursday Night Preview with Saints breakdowns.
Football Outsiders Live! takes your questions for another Ask Me Anything (AMA). Mike Tanier and Scott Spratt hosted this week's AMA with special guests, Cale Clinton and Rob Weintraub.
The Patriots and Bills inch closer to Tampa Bay atop our DVOA ratings. Plus, why isn't Cincinnati higher, and have the Seahawks finally broken DVOA for good?
Football Outsiders experts Aaron Schatz and Mike Tanier assemble with FO's Vince Verhei and Derrik Klassen to preview Thanksgiving games going into NFL Week 12 of the 2021-22 NFL season.
The Buccaneers move to No. 1 for the first time this year after their best single game of the season. Plus: New England is hot and Buffalo is historically inconsistent.
The Giants fired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, whose offense was 27th in DVOA so far this season, following last night's 30-10 loss to Tampa Bay on Monday Night Football.
