SumerSports Show

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff spend an abbreviated podcast talking about the #Jets and how they'll handle the Aaron Rodgers injury, the #Bills and how they can rebound from Monday's loss, and the #Jaguars and why Doug Pederson is such a difference maker. 0:42 the #Jets and Aaron Rodgers 6:00 the #Bills , Josh Allen, and Monday's loss 12:08 #Jaguars and Doug Pederson 16:48 #BALvsCIN preview

Tej Seth and Shawn Syed look at three interesting points from Week 1 from both an advanced data and film perspective. This week they look at the Dolphins offense, how defenses are making life hard for offenses, and bunch pass concepts. 0:00:29 - Dolphins offense 0:12:31 - Defenses attacking offenses 0:24:55 - Bunch pass concepts

Eric and Thomas recap a wild week 1, and preview Monday Night Football. 0:59 First impressions from week 1 1:51 Eric and Thomas talk about Dan Quinn's dominance in Dallas 8:54 CAR@ATL - Bryce Young analysis 15:10 GB@GB - Justin Fields and Jordan Love analysis 24:52 TB@MIN - Baker Mayfield does just enough, MIN's 2022 draft class still benched 39:20 SF@PIT - the 49ers rebound from the Lance trade i...

Eric Eager is joined by Kansas City Star columnist Sam McDowell to discuss opening night and preview the rest of #NFL week 1. 0:38 Intro to Sam McDowell 1:50 The unfortunate state of the #Chiefs WR room 23:32 Discussing the #Chiefs defensive performance 30:56 #Chiefs in-game decisions last night 46:06 Preview of #NFL week 1 Sam can be found on Twitter @SamMcDowell11 and his work can be found at ht...

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff preview Detroit versus Kansas City, along with their favorite games of the week. 1:15 DET vs. KC preview 41:17 Favorite games of the weekend - DAL vs. NYG 47:40 GB vs. CHI preview

Each week, Tej Seth and Shawn Syed look at three topics from an analytics and film perspective, respectively. This week they discuss offensive personnel diversity, motion in the pass game, and gap scheme runs. 1:12 Offensive personnel diversity 15:20 Motion in the pass game 26:49 Gap scheme runs

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the league's news, including the passing of Gil Brandt, holdouts around the league, and Cooper Kupp's mysterious visit to Minnesota. 3:24 Thomas and Eric remember Gil Brandt 11:03 The Colorado Buffaloes have arrived 23:55 Brian Burns is holding out 29:58 Chris Jones is still holding out, DET@KC analysis 44:24 Cooper Kupp is seeing a specialist in Minnesota

Eric Eager reviews the week's NFL and CFB news and previews the next week at SumerSports.com. 1:55 Intro to the podcast lineup for the fall 3:41 Recap of CFB week 0/1 at Circa Sports 8:14 T.J. Hockenson extension analysis 12:17 Previewing #DETvsKC coaching matchup 13:50 Why hasn't Justin Jefferson signed yet? 16:30 Kicker news 20:20 Nick Bosa and Chris Jones are holding out 22:45 Trey Lance/Dak Pr...

Tej Seth, Udit Ranasaria, Suvansh Sanjeev, and Eric Eager each draft eight teams for the upcoming NFL season, with the following rules: 1 point for a win 5 points for a playoff berth 5 points for a division title 10 points for reaching the Super Bowl 5 points for winning the Super Bowl Each person got $200 to spend in the auction.

Eric and Thomas talk about week 3 of the NFL preseason, drafting kickers, and Trey Lance being traded to the #49ers. They finish by talking about the Chicago #Bears in year two of their rebuild under Ryan Poles and Matt Eberflus. 1:20 Las Vegas recap 5:09 recap of the NFL weekend 6:04 a discussion about drafting kickers 13:24 do GMs play to their strengths and weaknesses? 23:33 Trey Lance discussi...

Tej Seth, Parker Fleming, and Eric Eager preview the 2023 season with our friends at Circa Sports. 0:43 NFC North Preview with Matthew Coller of Purple Insider 25:00 AFC South Preview 44:00 NFC South Preview with Aaron Oster of Circa Sports 58:20 Jeff Benson from Circa Sports. This podcast is proudly brought to you by Circa Sports. Play the Circa Million Pro Football Contest with six million in to...

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff talk about the NFL weekend and preview the 2023 New York Jets. 0:28 Review of the weekend 11:45 Discussing NFL injuries 15:59 Previewing the 2023 New York Jets This podcast is proudly brought to you by Circa Sports. Play the Circa Million Pro Football Contest with six million in total prizes, quarterly payouts and one hundred percent payback. Top prize is one millio...

Eric Eager reviews the NFL week, talks about the Ryan Clark comments about Justin Jefferson versus George Pickens, the Green Bay Packers, and reviews the new Sumer website. 3:20 Review of the week that was and a preview of the weekend 6:45 Justin Jefferson versus George Pickens 17:18 The bull case for the Green Bay Packers 30:45 An intro to Sumer's new website! This podcast is proudly brought to y...

Pro sports better and co-founder of Unabated Sports Rufus Peabody (@RufusPeabody) joins the SumerSports show to talk about using analytics to find an angle in an increasingly sharp NFL market. 1:40 Intro to Rufus 4:20 A discussion of Rufus' time working for Las Vegas Sports Consultants 6:40 The art and science of building sports betting models 11:20 A discussion of regressing to the market 12:55 A...

Eric Eager and Thomas Dimitroff discuss the preseason, the Eric Bieniemy situation, the Johnny Football documentary, and the 2023 Houston Texans. 4:45 New SumerSports website! 8:50 Preseason week 1 discussion from a GM's perspective 14:23 Eric Bienemy's tough coaching 23:50 Johnny Football documentary 39:40 Eric is positive about the Texans. Thomas responds. This podcast is proudly brought to you...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 Ch...

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 lin...

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 This podcast is proudly brought to you by Circa Sports. Play the Circa M...

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. This podcast is...

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 B...

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...