News -- May 2013
- 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 -- March 2013
- 3/11 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback Age Curves: Last summer, I looked at the age curves for running backs in an attempt to find out if there is a magical cliff at age 30 (there...
- 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 -- 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...
- 1/18 FootballPerspective.com: Previewing the AFC Championship Game: Baltimore at New England: According to the SRS, this is as lopsided as championship games get. The Patriots are 12.8 points better than average while 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
- 12/19 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 19, 2002: Paul Wiggin, director of pro scouting for the Vikings, looks around the NFL and sees former Vikings quarterbacks Rich Gannon,...
- 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
- 11/17 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....
- 11/10 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 10, 2002: There have been a number of the midseason NFL rankings around in the last week or so. Any similarity between them and the final...
News -- October 2012
- 10/29 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 29, 2002: Patriots coach Bill Belichick knew this day would come when he traded quarterback Drew Bledsoe to the Bills last April for Buffalo’s...
- 10/27 FootballPerspective.com: Wins with quarterbacks drafted by that team: Good stat today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who notes that Kansas City has gone 25 years without winning a game with a quarterback...
- 10/19 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 19, 2002: The NFL season has not reached its midpoint and already injuries are taking a heavy toll. Injuries to quarterbacks always get...
- 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...
- 9/21 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 21, 2002: He is the NFL’s highest-rated quarterback. He has more touchdown passes than anyone. He has 8.76 yards per completion,...