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An all-new stream of the FO Radio Hour hosted by Aaron Schatz with featured guests Mike Tanier and Matt Manocherian of Sports Info Solutions. The group discussed the SIS Football Research Competition and some of the submissions. Later in the show Aaron and Mike discussed their favorite NFL playoff bets.

We're looking for a new staff writer to take on multiple chapters of our annual Football Outsiders Almanac book as well as supplying offseason content and contributing to the weekly Audibles at the Line commentary. (Click for more info.)

Mike Sando's annual poll of general managers, coaches, and other executives yields some surprising results. The experts are split on whether veterans such as Ryan Fitzpatrick, Cam Newton, and Ben Roethlisberger have anything left in the tank, but the quarterback causing the most disagreement is Cincinnati's Joe Burrow.

A young pair of linebackers tie for the NFL lead in big defensive plays. The usual suspects dominate at interior lineman, edge rusher, and safety. And how does a part-time corner consistently get more defeats than most big-name starters?

This is not news at this point, but we wanted to provide a place to discuss the coming changes in college football. Today, Oklahoma and Texas formally made their request to move to the SEC in 2025. There's a lot of legal work to be done, but this move is essentially going to happen.

Our annual look at defensive personnel asks where the Patriots' base defense was, if Matt Milano and the Bills will ever stop playing nickel, and if the Packers can spare a dime.

Scott Spratt takes his Fantasy Podcast to Twitch to discuss interesting rushing efficiency splits with Justin Boone of the Score. Scott and Justin discuss RBs with unique skill sets who have been identified through the Football Outsiders all new efficiencies fantasy tool.

Our annual look at offensive personnel asks if the league has reached a three-receiver equilibrium, and looks at the few teams that still use fullbacks, including the Minnesota Vikings and C.J. Ham.

The NFL has sent a memo to all 32 teams stating that if a game cannot be rescheduled during 2021's 18-week schedule due to a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players, the team with the outbreak will forfeit and be credited with a loss.

In this "Issue Zero" of the rebooted Walkthrough, Mike Tanier explores the dysfunctional Aaron Rodgers/Green Bay Packers relationship as only he can, handicaps the Comeback Player of the Year field, and (after nearly falling for an Internet hoax) speculates on what type of high school coach Adam Gase would be.

An all-new stream of the FO Radio Hour hosted by Aaron Schatz with featured guests Mike Tanier, Scott Spratt and Vince Verhei. The FO writers were all together in one spot for the first time EVER. They discuss their travel stories from the week in Louisville and talked about news from the NFC West. They also get into the Josh Allen Third-Year Jump Drinking Game (TM).

As you may have heard, the San Francisco 49ers were pro football's most injured team in 2020. But which of those injuries hurt them most—those suffered by Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback, or the myriad of ailments they suffered on defense?