SumerSports Show

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the league's news, before getting into the general manager's perspective on player development.

3:47 Trey Lance situation in SF
14:47 Jim Irsay/Jonathan Taylor situation in IND
19:10 Joe Burrow injury in CIN
24:47 Jalen Ramsey injury in MIA
30:40 a GM's perspective on player development

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Happy Friday from us at SumerSports.

Here, we rebroadcast an episode by Tej Seth, who is joined by former Atlanta Falcons Director of Football Data & Analytics. John talks about his time in Atlanta working for SumerSports CEO and co-host of this show, Thomas Dimitroff and the trends he's seeing around the league. John is currently the Director of Football Strategy and TruMedia.

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Tej Seth is joined by SumerSports Data Scientist Brett Mele to discuss how American football can benefit from the analytics revolution in Major League Baseball.

1:01 Intro to Brett Mele
7:30 What can football analytics learn from baseball analytics?
11:26 Differences between football models and baseball models
16:05 Do NFL teams need to have as big of analytics departments as MLB teams do?
20:00 Brett is a Jets fan. What does he think of the Aaron Rodgers trade?
28:16 Brett and Tej rank quarterbacks
50:29 The guys sign off

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Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the recent NFL news surrounding running backs and their compensation. How did we get here? Is it just? What is possible to change the situation?

11:54 Running back pay issue debrief
11:06 A discussion of the Atlanta Falcons' approach
12:42 The three reasons why teams devalue running backs
18:58 Thomas talks about Devonta Freeman's situation
25:31 One organic reason teams might pay running backs more
27:10 Discussion of Herschel Walker and Emmitt Smith situations
31:50 The guys muse about Shanahans' usage of running backs
34:13 The guys talk about the 2023 Falcons
38:11 The guys talk about solutions

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Eric Eager discusses the stories of the week; running back value, interior defensive linemen, and DeAndre Hopkins. He then previews the NFC West.

0:40 Review of the NFL week
2:17 How can we get running backs paid more?
21:41 DeAndre Hopkins signs with Tennessee (finally)
24:00 NFC West preview
25:46 Seahawks preview
28:30 49ers preview
29:53 Rams preview
32:07 Cardinals preview

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Tej Seth is joined by PFF's Amelia Probst. Amelia discusses her path to football analytics, her favorite team, the Buffalo Bills, and answers listener questions,

1:58 An introduction to Amelia
6:57 Discussing the progression of the Buffalo Bills over the past five years
11:44 How does Amelia's experience working in other sports help her analyze football?
16:10 Answering listener questions
26:00 AFC East preview
35:55 Current running back discourse
48:09 How will the Bills cover for the loss of Tremaine Edmunds?

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Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the increasing contract values for interior defensive linemen versus edge players in the NFL marketplace.

2:57 there are more interior defensive linement making $20 million a year than there are edge defenders
3:36 going over Thomas' career picking interior defensive linemen and edge defenders
11:26 Examining the data on defensive line contracts
20:22 How does stopping the run figure in?
26:46 Is it easier to evaluate edge or interior?
28:11 Can you engineer pressure without a star edge player?
30:01 How important is the relationship between coaching staff and front office when acquiring and developing pass rushers
34:34 How does one approach the defensive line from an analytics perspective?
41:26 How important is adjusting for opponent?

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Eric Eager talks about the Quinnen Williams extension and what that means for Chris Jones (and DeAndre Hopkins). The Quarterback documentary is discussed, as is a preview of the NFC North.

2:07 SumerSports week in review
6:53 Jets extend Quinnen Williams, defensive line value
12:08 What happens with Chris Jones now? DeAndre Hopkins
17:19 The Quarterback documentary
26:54 NFC North preview
28:36 Bears preview
31:52 Packers preview
37:14 Vikings preview
40:24 Lions preview

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John Taormina talks with Tej Seth about what it was like to work in NFL Analytics with the Atlanta Falcons and what trends he is seeing around the league.

0:42 - introduction to John Taormina and his path to the NFL
8:50 - how can these teams invite analytics people into what they are already used to doing?
12:40 - did being next to Julio Jones ever get old?
15:17 - the 2016 Falcons: best staff of all time?
29:04 - are there other NFL teams that are doing the right thing analytically?
33:32 - how do you gain an edge in game planning?
36:46 - personnel diversity
44:02 - cap and contracts, and the NFL draft

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Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the evolution of data in football, and the National Football League specifically. They talk about traditional scouting and game planning methods, to event data, to tracking data - which has taken the analytics space by storm.

3:02 - the evolution of data in the NFL
9:20 - Thomas talks about using heart rate monitoring and tracking
13:13 - a discussion of event data
16:12 - the Vic Beasley story
21:57 - a discussion of tracking data
24:46 - the JC Jackson story
27:59 - could you grade players entirely with tracking data?
32:56 - scouting the scouts
39:29 - where is tracking data going from here?


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