Founder of Football Outsiders
Editor-in-Chief
Creator of DVOA and DYAR
Worcester, MA
Compared to Bill James by The New York Times Magazine, and attributed as a “founding father of football analytics” by The Ringer, AARON SCHATZis 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.
Welcome to the Schatz & Tanier show for the Super Wild Card Weekend! Aaron and Mike are back again to preview Seahawks-49ers, Chargers-Jaguars, Dolphins-Bills, Giants-Vikings, Ravens-Bengals, and Cowboys-Buccaneers.
The NFL has announced that the Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals game from Monday night will not be continued or rescheduled. They have also announced playoff implications.
Aaron Schatz, Mike Tanier, and Bryan Knowles look ahead to the best games in NFL Week 18, and talk about the biggest implications for the NFL playoff picture!
No matter how you measure it, the Eagles defense is getting a historic number of sacks this year, and the Bears offense is taking a historic number themselves.