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What's Wrong with the Bills Plus Week 6 Preview Oct 15, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) look at the most important games on the NFL Week 6 schedule. Matt and Aaron open with a brief discussion about the Tuesday night game between the Bills and Titans (0:31) before moving on to the most important games of the week: Chiefs at Bills (2:51), Browns at Steelers (9:55), and Packers at Buccaneers (14:47).

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Titans COVID Fallout Plus NFL Week 5 Preview Oct 08, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) look at the most important games on the NFL Week 5 schedule. The duo opens with a discussion about the fallout from recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the NFL (0:37) before moving on to look at the most important games for Week 5: Colts at Browns (7:08), Giants at Cowboys (yes, really) (13:18), and the Raiders at Chiefs (21:00).

Gase and the Jets Plus Week 4 Preview Oct 01, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) look at the most important games on the NFL Week 4 schedule. The show opens with a brief discussion about Adam Gase and his future with the Jets heading into their Week 4 Thursday Night Football game against the also-winless Broncos (0:31) before moving to a preview of the most important games on this week's NFL slate: Saints-Lions (3:41), Bills-Raiders (10:18), Eagles-49ers (17:03), and Patriots-Chiefs (23:10).

Breaking Down a Loaded NFL Week 3 Sep 24, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) look at the most important games on the NFL Week 3 schedule. The show opens with a brief discussion about the rash of injuries in Week 2 (1:35) before moving on to the most important games of a stacked Week 3: Chiefs-Ravens (4:29), Packers-Saints (11:20), Cowboys-Seahawks (19:18), and Rams-Bills (23:46).

NFL Week 1 Overreactions and Week 2 Preview Sep 17, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) look at trends from Week 1 of the NFL season (0:34) and compare the play of Cam Newton and Tom Brady in their first games in new uniforms (6:45) before breaking down the most important games for Week 2: the Jaguars-Titans (12:19), Lions-Packers (17:06), and Ravens-Texans (25:00).

NFL Quarterback Tiers with The Athletic's Mike Sando Sep 10, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) welcome The Athletic's Mike Sando (@SandoNFL) to the show to discuss his annual article on NFL QB Tiers, including background on the how the tiers are compiled (3:40), Dak Prescott being surprisingly low (7:29), Cam Newton getting votes in four different tiers (18:44), Tom Brady at the top of Tier 2 (22:28), a revival of the Aaron Rodgers debate (26:33), what to expect from rookies (33:15), using the tier system as a tool for Hall of Fame balloting (39:41), and his article about concerns for each team heading into the season (43:11).

Neil Stratton Talks "Scout Speak: Thinking & Talking About Being an NFL Evaluator" Sep 03, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) welcome Neil Stratton (@InsideTheLeague) of Inside the League back to the show to talk about his new book: "Scout Speak: Thinking & Talking About Being an NFL Evaluator", which is available now on Amazon. Neil talks about what he's been up to (1:06), what it's like for agents trying to sign college players who have opted out of this season (3:22), and his expectations for the upcoming NCAA season (10:27). He then discusses his book, including the target audience (12:28), an insider take on the drafting of Mario Williams over Reggie Bush in 2006 (16:05), and how scouting has changed (22:53). Check out Neil's work at both Inside The League and Succeed In Football.

Spotlighting Women in Football Analytics Aug 27, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) turn their focus to highlighting women working in football analytics in this week's episode. Matt and Aaron first talk to Los Angeles Rams Manager of Analytics and Data Sarah Bailey (@sarahrunbailey) (1:16) before transitioning to a discussion with Atlanta Falcons Salary Cap and Contracts Analyst Emily Badis (@EmilyBadis) (20:50). Both women talk about their backgrounds, how they got into football analytics, the experience they've gained in their positions, challenges they've faced, and give advice for others looking to break into working in football.

Potential Surprise Teams for the 2020 NFL Season Aug 20, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) go one-on-one this week to talk potential surprise teams for the 2020 NFL season. They open with a discussion of how cutdowns are going to work with no preseason games (0:46) and good news on the COVID front (so far) (2:31), before transitioning to a look at teams on the lower end of projections who could be better than expected (4:08) and teams on the higher end of projections who could be worse than expected (11:31). They finish with an examination of how depth could impact the outcomes for some teams if injuries strike (15:22).

Zachary Binney on COVID and Football Aug 13, 2020

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Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) of Football Outsiders (@fboutsiders) welcome epidemiologist and FO contributor Zachary Binney (@zbinney_NFLinj) to the show to discuss the 2020 football season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group opens with some general talk about how the virus has impacted sports (1:13) before moving to whether football is worse for virus transmission than other sports (3:42), some guidelines for restarting a sport (8:12), how football teams specifically can mitigate some of the risk of outbreak (17:36), if fans in the stands is a good idea (20:37), if there is a way to quantify the benefits of sports returning (23:24), how things could play out over the NFL and NCAA seasons (25:54), and how a potential vaccine could impact a Spring NCAA season (28:20).

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