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.
Ryan Tannehill has dealt with an ankle injury and an illness this week, so he's been declared out for Sunday's game by the Tennessee Titans. That means Malik Willis gets his first NFL start against Houston tomorrow.
Aaron Schatz and Bryan Knowles join Vincent Verhei to detail every eye-popping stat from Week 6 in the NFL, along with discussing the DVOA numbers from the past week.
Aaron Schatz and Mike Tanier are joined by Seth Keysor, Chief Analyst at The Athletic KC to go in-depth on the matchup between the Chiefs and Bills, plus the rest of the Week 5 slate.