News -- May 2013
- 5/19 EDSFootball: Fantasy Football Poll: Which 2nd-Year QB Will Have Most Fantasy Points in 2013?: Last year was an unprecedented year of success for rookie quarterbacks. Five different rookies were their respective team's opening...
- 5/6 KC Kingdom: Kansas City Chiefs’ Jamaal Charles And The Yards Per Attempt: Quick – can you name the football player with the highest Yards per Rushing Attempt (minimum of 400 attempts) in NFL history?...
- 5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...
News -- April 2013
- 4/29 FootballPerspective.com: My Thoughts on the 2013 Draft: Over the last three days, I analyzed the trades from the first round, rounds 2 and 3, and the final four rounds. Today, I wanted...
- 4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
- 4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...
News -- March 2013
- 3/30 EDSFootball: 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 25 Quarterbacks: The quarterback position is as deep as ever in fantasy football, but the top three quarterbacks are still in a tier of their own...
- 3/22 FootballPerspective.com: Playing with the most coaches on one team: During the season, Mike Tanier noted that Shane Lechler has played for eight different coaches while being a member of the Raiders....
- 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...
News -- February 2013
- 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...
- 2/12 FootballPerspective.com: The History of Black Quarterbacks in the NFL: Five years ago, I wrote a five part series detailing the history of the black quarterback. With February being Black History Month...
News -- January 2013
- 1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
- 1/21 FootballPerspective.com: Is Joe Flacco elite?: Just a guess, but I think that question will be asked quite a few times over the next couple of weeks. While the inanity of the...
- 1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Matt Ryan to the previous Mayors of Chokesville: For the second time in three years, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFC’s number one seed. Just like in 2010, the Falcons started...
- 1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...
News -- December 2012
- 12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
- 12/12 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 12, 2002: Houston rookie quarterback David Carr is five sacks from setting anNFL single-season record and—as painful as it might be—there...
News -- November 2012
- 11/22 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Best Thanksgiving Performances: Stump your family with some Football Perspective trivia today. The tables below show the leaders in various categories in all...
- 11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....
- 11/2 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 2, 2002: Nobody told the Philadelphia Eagles that teams that lose their starting tailback aren’t supposed to have the NFL’s best...
News -- October 2012
- 10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...
News -- September 2012
- 9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...
News -- August 2012
- 8/24 FootballPerspective.com: The best fantasy football players since 1950: Bill Simmons wrote about LaDainian Tomlinson last month and called him the best fantasy football player of all-time. “Greatest...
News -- August 2011
- 8/10 18to88.com: Randy Moss: The Quarterback Maker: Note: this piece does not mean I expect Moss to come to Indianapolis. I don't expect that (barring injuries to Indy WRs), and...