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SumerSports Week in Review 8/11/2023 - Immaculate Grid Aug 11, 2023

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Eric Eager reviews the NFL week that was, and provides his team tiers for the coming season. He also picks his seeding for the NFC and the AFC.
NFC: https://twitter.com/ericeager_/status/1688316953432084480?s=20
AFC: https://twitter.com/ericeager_/status/1688318867540512769?s=20
He finishes with an NFL immaculate grid: https://www.immaculategrid.com/football
2:20 Announcements
5:35 Takeaways from HOUvsNE
7:30 Bets for the night
9:30 Review of MINvsSEA
11:49 NFC tiers
18:20 Eric's predictions: 1) DET 2) DAL 3) SEA 4) CAR 5) PHI 6) SF 7) GB
19:15 Eric fields a question about parity
24:24 AFC tiers
31:34 Eric's predictions: 1) BUF 2) CIN 3) KC 4) JAX 5) BAL 6) NYJ 7) DEN
36:30 Immaculate grid
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SumerSports Discusses RPOs Aug 10, 2023

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Eric Eager and Shawn Syed discuss run pass options (RPOs), how they are an example of Simpson's paradox, and why they are difficult to track.

NFL Analytics and Teams to Watch For 2023 w/ Aaron Schatz Aug 09, 2023

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NFL Analyst and Creator of DVOA Aaron Schatz joins the SumerSports Show to talk about how he uses advanced analytics to understand football better and preview some teams for the upcoming 2023 season.
1:39 intro to Aaron Schatz
3:30 where did Aaron get his start in football?
6:15 DVOA and DYAR and a discussion of efficiency
19:40 Using DVOA as a tool to assess the quality of a team over the course of a season
27:10 2023 NFL Predictions
27:25 Kansas City Chiefs Preview
29:12 Baltimore Ravens Preview
33:50 San Francisco 49ers Preview
35:15 Minnesota Vikings Preview
40:30 One team that will surprise
41:00 What languages is Aaron programming in?
42:00 Top books to read in football analytics?
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It's Preseason SZN - More Player Development Talk Aug 07, 2023

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Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff talk about the week's news, including the Yannick Ngakuoe and Justin Houston signings, and Chris Jones and Josh Jacobs holding out. They then finish the podcast talking about player evaluation.
2:40 What's going through Thomas' head this time of camp?
3:29 The Yannick Ngakoue signing and analysis
8:00 Justin Houston signs with Carolina
13:12 How did Thomas deal with players who held out?
20:00 A discussion of transitivity
26:19 A transition to player development
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Week in Review 8/4/2023 - Immaculate Grid Aug 04, 2023

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Eric Eager discusses Thursday's Hall of Fame Game, Yannick Ngakoue to the Bears, Cam Jordan signs a new deal with the Saints, Alvin Kamara suspended three games.
Eric then tries to take down the day's Immaculate Grid as really only he can.
1:07 Recap of Hall of Fame Game
6:36 Bears sign Ngakoue and Lewis
10:19 Cam Jordan signs a new deal w/ Saints
12:27 Discussion of salary cap prorations
19:11 Charles Omenihu suspended, Chris Jones update
22:22 Immaculate Grid 8/4/2023
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OL Analytics and Evaluation with Geoff Schwartz Aug 02, 2023

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Parker Fleming interviews former NFL offensive linemen and current Fox sports football analyst Geoff Schwartz.
1:50 intro to Geoff Schwartz
3:12 Geoff talks about the transition from player to analyst
5:35 How playing for multiple teams helped Geoff analyze football better
10:28 Where do Geoff's eyes go when he's watching a game?
11:44 How has the emergence of athletic freaks changed offensive line play?
15:32 A discussion of weak-link systems along the offensive line
17:19 The analytics and film of offensive line play
23:50 Additional ways in which analytics can help offensive line play
29:15 The difference in development cycles between college and pro
33:00 What's the hardest skill to teach offensive linemen?
34:15 What makes it possible for older offensive linemen to succeed in the NFL?
35:39 A discussion of the Oregon Ducks This podcast is proudly brought to you by Circa Sports.
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NFL Training Camp News and Player Development Analysis Jul 31, 2023

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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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REBROADCAST: Working in NFL Analytics with John Taormina Jul 28, 2023

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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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How the NFL can Learn from the MLB's Analytics Revolution with Brett Mele Jul 27, 2023

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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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12-Year NFL GM Discusses Running Back Pay Jul 24, 2023

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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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