Off The Charts Football Podcast

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, we take advantage of one of Sports Info Solutions' best attributes - a group of scouts that have watched as much college football as any group of people in the country. Mark Simon ( @markasimonsays ) and Matt Manocherian ( @MattMano ) are joined by Nathan Cooper ( @ncoopdraft ), John Todd ( @therealjohntodd ), Jeff Dean, and Jordan Edwar...

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) are joined by ESPN's Chris Fallica ( @chrisfallica ) to preview the upcoming NFL Draft. The group discusses how Zach Wilson could fit with the Jets (1:10), other players the Jets might target (6:48), a sleeper QB prospect (9:14), who the first non-QB player will be to go o...

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) dive deep into the upcoming NFL Draft. Matt discusses the most surprising thing to him in this year's Football Rookie Handbook (0:45), the scouting philosophies that inspired the book (4:22), need-based drafting vs. best player available as well as positional value (7:05),...

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) are joined by Sports Info Solutions R&D analyst Bryce Rossler ( @btrossler ) to talk NFL Free Agency. The group examines the value of some of the early signings, including the spending spree by the Patriots (0:34), some rational moves by the Jets (7:25), Front 7 moves inclu...

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) are joined by SIS Senior Research Analyst Alex Vigderman ( @VigManOnCampus ) to discuss the statistical side of this year’s SIS Football Rookie Handbook. The group opens with a breakdown of Total Points, the SIS flagship metric (1:23), before moving on to a look at some of the...

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) are joined by SIS head scouts Nathan Cooper ( @ncoopdraft ) and John Todd ( @therealjohntodd ) to discuss this year’s SIS Football Rookie Handbook. The group dives into the highest-graded players in the book (1:01), players we like and don’t like as much as some other draft exp...

On this edition of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) are joined by N. Jeremi Duru ( @NJeremiDuru ), an author and law professor who is an expert on the NFL and its head coach hiring practices as relates to People of Color. The group discusses how the NFL is doing in that regard (2:56), how owners often rush head coach hiring deci...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) break down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 31-9 beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. The episode opens with a throwback to last year's prediction by FO readers that the Bucs would be the surprise team of the...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) preview the enormous Super Bowl LV matchup between the Chiefs and Buccaneers. The show opens with a quick look at some prop betting for the game (1:33) before moving on to a breakdown of how the teams stack up in DVOA and Total...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Trey Wingo ( @wingoz ) to the show to discuss numerous NFL-related topics. The group opens with a talk about last week's conference championship games (1:02) before transitioning to a look at the Super Bowl matchup...

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 two games for the NFL Conference Championship Round this weekend. Matt and Aaron go deep with breakdowns of the NFC Championship game between the Buccaneers and Packers (3:22) and the AFC title game between the Bills...

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 four games for the NFL Divisional Round this weekend. The show opens with a brief discussion about the use of analytics during broadcasts (1:02) before moving on to preview this weekend's matchups: Rams-Packers...

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 for Wild Card weekend. Matt and Aaron go in chronological order examining the six games of this first round of the postseason: Colts-Bills (1:11), Rams-Seahawks (8:54), Buccaneers-Washington (12:...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) take an in-depth look at the final week of the NFL regular season. Games they preview on a jam-packed show: Steelers–Browns (8:10) Titans-Texans (10:00) Bengals-Ravens (11:00) Colts –Jaguars (15:41) Cowboys-Giants (19:03) Washin...

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 16 schedule. Matt and Aaron open the show with a discussion about whether the Chiefs might be a bit overrated in a historical context (0:33) before moving on to the most important...

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 15 schedule. Matt and Aaron break down five games this week, including the Chiefs-Saints (1:14), Bears-Vikings (10:46), Eagles-Cardinals (20:17), Browns-Giants (23:15), and Seahaw...

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 14 schedule. Matt and Aaron break down matchups between the Ravens and Browns (2:10), Colts-Raiders (9:33), Cardinals-Giants (15:35), and Steelers-Bills (23:59). You can email the...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome ESPN's NFL Nation Kansas City Chiefs reporter and author of the new book "Kingdom: How Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs Returned to Super Bowl Glory", Adam Teicher ( @adamteicher ) to...

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 12 schedule. The guys break down matchups between the Ravens-Steelers (1:14), Chiefs-Buccaneers (6:34), Bears-Packers (11:59), and Titans-Colts (15:26). You can email the show wit...

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 11 schedule. Matt and Aaron dive into exciting matchups between the Titans-Ravens (0:54), Packers-Colts (5:30), Chiefs-Raiders (9:58), and Rams-Buccaneers (14:37). You can email t...

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 10 schedule. Matt and Aaron take in in-depth look at the Seahawks-Rams (1:56), Vikings-Bears (9:26), and Eagles-Giants (19:54) before welcoming SIS Lead Scout Nathan Cooper ( @coo...

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 9 schedule. Matt and Aaron open with an in-depth breakdown of the Saints-Buccaneers matchup (1:51) before moving on to a look at the Ravens-Colts (9:35), Raiders-Chargers (13:46),...

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 8 schedule. Matt and Aaron jump right into the top games for this week, breaking down the Steelers at Ravens (0:37), 49ers at Seahawks (7:30), Raiders at Browns (14:31), and Saint...

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 7 schedule. Matt and Aaron discuss the trade of Yannick Ngakoue to the Ravens (0:36) and break down the most important games for Week 7: Steelers at Titans (4:07), Seahawks at Car...

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:...