Aaron Schatz

It's the Off The Charts Thanksgiving Special! This week's previews include Ravens-Steelers, Chiefs-Bucs, Packers-Bears, and Titans-Colts. (Click for audio link.)

The switch to Taysom Hill can't stop the Saints from dominating this year's DVOA ratings. Plus, Las Vegas is the team most hurt this year by a combination of schedule and fumble luck. Which teams rise and fall after DVOA adjustments?

The Hall of Fame has announced its 25 semifinalists for the Class of 2021. First-time eligible players include Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson, and Calvin Johnson. Rodney Harrison, a sentimental favorite of mine, is a semifinalist for the first time.

Today at ESPN+, looking at the undefeated 10-0 Pittsburgh Steelers. How good are they, and where are their weaknesses? Where do they stand compared to the other 13 teams to go 10-0 since DVOA started in 1985, in both quality and schedule strength?

New today at ESPN+, I go through and rank all 32 teams by their remaining schedule strength, looking at who has it tough (Atlanta, Jacksonville) and who has it easy (Seattle, Miami). Also a look at who has the easiest and hardest fantasy football schedules remaining.

It's a big Week 11, and we cover the main games on our podcast: Tennessee-Baltimore, Green Bay-Indianapolis, Kansas City-Las Vegas, and the Los Angeles Rams in Tampa Bay.

Great post here by Michael Lopez, who does advanced stats for the NFL, looking at the NGS expected rush yards metric. Can we show that there actually is a difference between different running backs? The answer seems to be yes. First of all, a high performance in expected rush yards over average does a good job of predicting future workload: coaches do seem to want to give the ball to backs who perform better even after accounting for scheme and blocking. Second, random selections of carries still show correlation in expected rush yards over average.

New Orleans remains No. 1 thanks in part to an excellent run defense, but how good is it compared to other run defenses of the last 20 years? Plus, Pittsburgh (barely) becomes our new Super Bowl favorite and Las Vegas makes a big move up the DVOA ranks.

The "Golden Boy" of the Green Bay Packers has died at the age of 84. Paul Hornung starred originally at Notre Dame in the 1950s and won the Heisman Trophy, the only player to ever win for a losing team. Hornung then went No.

Games we cover in this week's podcast include Seahawks-Rams, Giants-Eagles, and Bears-Vikings on Monday Night Football. (Click for audio link.)