NFL Articles

The Importance of Drafting Well in the First Round

April 23, 2009

By Appaloosa Introduction After completing my recent article on which teams drafted best in the first round between 1995 and 2004, I began to wonder about the impact of first round drafting success on team winning percentage. NFL teams spend millions on scouting college players, testing prospects in every conceivable way at the Combine, and [...]

Which Teams Draft Best In The First Round?

April 20, 2009

By Appaloosa. Introduction Recently I saw an article on the web in which the author assigned grades to each NFL team for its drafting prowess. The article was effective for what the author was trying to do (even if he did give my favorite team a D). He used objective measures such as number of [...]

Comeback Kings – Part IV

February 12, 2009

By Appaloosa Fourth Quarter Index Now for the quantitative measure of fourth quarter ability promised at the beginning of this article. First, I reduced the data set to the 37 quarterbacks who started 125 or more games to make for a more statistically significant sample of wins and losses. Then I calculated an index based [...]

Comeback Kings – Part I

February 3, 2009

Comeback Kings Quarterback Performance in the 4th Quarter 1970-2008 By Appaloosa February 2009 Introduction One aspect of quarterback play that really sticks in the memory of the NFL fan is the fourth quarter comeback. Nearly 20 years later, Elway’s “The Drive” is still famous. Several quarterbacks have been nicknamed “Captain Comeback” because of their fourth [...]

NFL coaches rank the players and owners

July 1, 2008

ESPN.com conducted a poll of the NFL head coaches to see which players are the dirtiest, the smartest offensive players (non-QB), smartest defensive players, and the best owner. Here are the tallies: Dirtiest player: 1. Rodney Harrison (shocker) 2. Roy Williams (Mr. Horse collar himself) T3. Antonio Pierce, Hines Ward, Kevin Mawae, Olin Kreutz Smartest [...]

Bustology 4 – Colleges

June 17, 2008

Bustology – Schools   By Appaloosa April 2006 For more information on the development of the Comprehensive Bust Rating (CBR), see Bustology 1 – Quarterbacks.   Rating the Universities It is not fair to draw conclusions about the quality of offensive specialists from a school based on the performance of one or two players selected [...]

Bustology 3 – Wide Receivers

June 17, 2008

Bustology – Wide Receivers   By Appaloosa April 2006 (Revised April 2007)   For more information on the development of the Comprehensive Bust Rating (CBR), see Bustology 1 – Quarterbacks.    Development of the WR CBR Development of the wide receiver CBR began with surveying the list of wide receivers selected in the first round of [...]

Bustology 2 – Running Backs

June 16, 2008

Bustology 2 – Running Backs By Appaloosa March 2006 (Revised April 2007) For more information on the initial development of the Comprehensive Bust Rating (CBR), see Bustology 1 – Quarterbacks.   Development of the RB CBR Development of the running back CBR began with surveying the list of running backs selected in the first round [...]

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