News -- May 2013
- 5/23 FootballPerspective.com: Charles Woodson Returns To Oakland: Now Where Does He Rank?: Charles Woodson is back in Silver and Black. Woodson was drafted by Oakland with the 4th pick in the 1998 Draft and had a very...
- 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
- 4/13 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 -- February 2013
- 2/15 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, February 16th: It’s hard not to be amazed by the seasons that Colin Kaepernick, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson had as first-year...
- 2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...
- 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...
News -- January 2013
- 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
- 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Name the last team to start different QBs in consecutive conference championship games: In 2011, San Francisco made it to the NFC Championship Game with Alex Smith at quarterback; today, the 49ers will face the Falcons...
- 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...
- 12/3 WSJ Daily Fix: When QB Stinkers Come in Pairs: The Count: Mark Sanchez and Ryan Lindley joined the likes of Fran Tarkenton and George Blanda in parti**** in an NFL game with...
News -- November 2012
- 11/19 FootballPerspective.com: Are advanced statistical analysts the next Pete Gogolak – Part I: You know the name Pete Gogolak, don’t you? The former Buffalo Bill placekicker is a famous figure in football history for...
- 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....
- 11/4 FootballPerspective.com: Investing heavily in a Left Tackle is a luxury bad teams can not afford: The game is won in the trenches, I know. As we hit the halfway mark of the season, some teams are already thinking about next...
News -- October 2012
- 10/26 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 26, 2002: In 1971, a man named Don Smith was flying over Kansas, naturally, when he came up with the basic formula for the passer rating....
- 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
- 8/30 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest QB of All-Time IV, Part II: Career Rankings: Yesterday, I explained the methodology behind the formula involved in ranking every quarterback season in football history. Today,...
- 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...
- 8/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Namath has become football’s most misunderstood quarterback: A couple of years ago, my colleague Jason Lisk explained why Joe Namath is a legitimate Hall of Famer. With each passing year,...
News -- July 2012
- 7/18 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback wins over Pythagoras: No, this article isn’t an article about quarterbacks squaring off against ancient Greek mathematicians. Today, we’re...
News -- June 2012
- 6/20 FootballPerspective.com: Cleveland Browns: Through 13 seasons, where do they rank among expansion teams?: Thirteen years ago, the Cleveland Browns were preparing for their return to the NFL. The Browns were the dominant team of the...
- 6/17 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, June 17: Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Check back tomorrow for a post on quarterbacks, but first, here are a couple...