Off The Charts Football Podcast

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Early Season NFL Awards Oct 05, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) fills in for host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and welcomes Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to give out some early-season awards. The guys discuss candidates for the five major end-of-season player awards through four games, including MVP (2:28), Offensive Player of the Year (13:02), Defensive Player of the Year (20:24), Offensive Rookie of the Year (26:03), and Defensive Rookie of the Year (33:28) using a combination of the eye test, our SIS metrics like Total Points, and the betting favorites.
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Examining Injuries on Grass vs. Turf and Breaking Down the Ravens Offense Sep 28, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team along with SIS Injury Analyst Brett Barnes to the show to discuss what we can learn about the injuries we've seen through the first three weeks of the NFL season. The guys open the show with a look at the numbers on injuries sustained on natural grass and on artificial turf (1:04) and discuss Brett's article at The33rdTeam.com titled "2023 NFL Week 3 Injury Takeaways: Fallout of Mike Williams Injury" (11:27). They then move to an examination of Bryce's article at SportsInfoSolutions.com titled "Looking For Hope in the Ravens... But Will We Find It?" (22:26) and also discuss the questionable decision-making by Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels (29:49) and a good decision by the Packers, which Alex reviews in his article titled "Why Packers' 2-Point Conversion vs. Saints Was Right Decision" (36:49).
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Revisiting Our Win Total Projections After NFL Week 2 Sep 21, 2023

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Week 1 Recap: Rodgers Goes Down, Mahomes' Total Points, and More Sep 14, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes the R&D Jamboree, Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to look back at a crazy NFL Week 1. The guys open with a chat about Aaron Rodgers going down for the season (0:23) before moving on to a look at how the SIS betting model performed in Week 1 (9:34), what Total Points can tell us about the performance by Patrick Mahomes (13:45), what happened to the Steelers (22:42), the Eagles getting past the Patriots (26:16), interesting coaching decisions (28:47), and the Rams showing some new wrinkles against the Seahawks (33:46).
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Evaluating NFL Coaches Heading Into Week 1 Sep 07, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss a couple articles recently posted at The33rdTeam.com. The guys open with a discussion about an article by James titled Looking Back at Key Fourth-Down Decisions from 2022 NFL Season (8:36) before moving on to Alex's article titled 2023 NFL Week 1: Best 4th-Down Coaching Decision Matchups (30:30).
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Around the (Fantasy) League with The 33rd Team's Josh Larky Aug 31, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions welcomes Josh Larky (@jlarkytweets) of The 33rd Team to the show for a fantasy-focused look around the NFL heading into the start of the regular season. The guys discuss some general fantasy draft strategy (6:49), go around the league to look at some interesting targets based on recent roster cuts (15:34), and Josh gives a couple pieces of fantasy wisdom to help you win your league (50:39).
Make sure to check out Josh's 2023 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet over at The33rdTeam.com.
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Injury Risk Modeling with Alex Vigderman and Brett Barnes Aug 24, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) of the SIS Research Team and Brett Barnes of the SIS Injury Team to the show to look at injury risk modeling ahead of the 2023 NFL season. Topics covered include Nick Chubb's durability (10:09) and risk for dual-threat quarterbacks (18:41).
Make sure to check out Brett's upcoming article and more over at The33rdTeam.com.
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Win Projections with Aaron Schatz Aug 17, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) of Sports Info Solutions welcome DVOA creator and former Off The Charts co-host Aaron Schatz (@ASchatzNFL) to the show to look at projected win totals for the 2023 NFL season. The guys compare Aaron's model to the SIS model to look at differences and similarities in each team's projected wins for the season.
You can order Aaron Schatz's FTN Football Almanac 2023 at FTNfantasy.com or from Amazon.
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

NFL Analytics and the Sniff Test Aug 11, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show for a one-on-one conversation. The guys take a look at a few surprising SIS stats from last season and debate whether or not they pass the sniff test. Some of the topics include Jared Goff's passing WAR (3:00), Sam Darnold's IQR (6:03), Jawann Taylor's Total Points (8:24), the Texans Pressure Rate (10:33), Josh Uche's Pressure Rate (12:23), the Steelers offensive line's blocking Total Points (15:42), the Eagles defense EPA difference against the rush and the pass (18:19), the Ravens receiving Total Points (21:05), and Saquon Barkley's designed gap percentage (22:28).
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Over/Under: NFC Win Totals Aug 03, 2023

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On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes the R&D Jamboree Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to talk win totals for all NFC teams for 2023. The guys will use a draft format to pick over or under for each team using our SIS model and the Vegas odds.
Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

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