Off The Charts Football Podcast

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: Col...

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 Bro...

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 (4:2...

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...

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 Newto...

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 a...

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 transit...

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), bef...

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 im...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Emmett Kiernan - winner of the SIS Football Analytics Challenge - to the show. The group opens with a brief discussion about opt-outs in the NFL (0:39) before diving into Emmett's contest-winning project, beginning...

On this special edition episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, we bring you the finals of the Sports Info Solutions Football Analytics Challenge that aired live on YouTube on July 29. Three finalists were chosen from a large group of applicants. and those finalists presented to an esteemed panel of judges that included Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) and Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) from t...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) dive into the 2020 Football Outsiders Almanac, which is now available for purchase. They open with a discussion about what's different in this year's book (2:26), potential updates that were considered for the "Pr...

Sports Info Solutions head of business development Corey March ( @corey_march1 ) and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Football Outsiders Senior Analyst Scott Spratt ( @Scott_Spratt ) to the show to talk all things fantasy football for the 2020 season. The group discusses expectations for rookies (4:00) and roster construction st...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) devote a full episode to Patrick Mahomes after the Chiefs locked up their franchise QB with a mega-contract earlier this week. The duo discusses what the contract means (1:46), what separates him from other QBs (6:28), if there...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome ESPN Stats and Info Research Specialist Evan Kaplan ( @EpKap ) to the show to discuss how football stats and analytics are represented on TV. The group opens with some Cam Newton discussion (1:01) before transitioning to...

On this special edition episode, Mark Simon ( @MarkASimonSays ) is joined by Sports Info Solutions Director of Basketball, Jake Loos ( @Jake_Loos ). SIS recently announced that it would be entering the basketball business. Jake, the former director of basketball analytics and technology for the Phoenix Suns will head up our operation. Jake talks about his background, which includes an MBA from MIT...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Football Outsiders Almanac contributor Thomas Bassinger ( @tometrics ) of the Tampa Bay Times to the show to talk about the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The group opens with an update on the team workouts organized by Tom...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Greg Bedard ( @GregABedard ) of bostonsportsjournal.com to the show to discuss the 2020 New England Patriots. The group discusses Jarrett Stidham as the potential replacement for Tom Brady (1:59) and some of the issues t...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Michael Kist ( @MichaelKistNFL ) of Bleeding Green Nation ( @BleedingGreen , @BGN_Radio ) to the show to talk Philadelphia Eagles. The group opens with a discussion of the team's decision to draft Jalen Hurts (1:46)...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Nick Underhill ( @nick_underhill ) of NewOrleans. Football to the show to discuss the New Orleans Saints. The show opens with a discussion of the recent drama involving Drew Brees (1:01) and what the response has been li...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome FO contributor Brian Knowles ( @BryKno ) to the show to discuss his recent article " Dynasty Rankings: Defining a Dynasty " available on Football Outsiders. The trio open with an explanation of the Dynasty Rank...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) have a discussion about the history of the Football Outsiders DVOA metric. Aaron brings us behind the curtain to talk about what inspired him to start looking into football stats on a deeper level (1:28), what the process was to...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) gives the listeners an inside look into some of the departments here at Sports Info Solutions in this throwback episode from March 28, 2019. Matt welcomes Senior Operations Analyst/Football Coordinator Dan Foehrenbach ( @FoehrenbachD ) to discuss the Ops department (1:10), Business Development Analyst Corey March ( @corey_march1 ) to talk about what&...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) welcome Alex Vigderman ( @VigManOnCampus ) and John Shirley ( @JshirleyAK ), both of the SIS R&D team, to the show to talk about their recent article entitled "Dome-Field Advantage: How Much Does Weather Affect Quarterb...

Former NFL scout Matt Manocherian ( @mattmano ) of Sports Info Solutions and football analytics pioneer Aaron Schatz ( @FO_ASchatz ) of Football Outsiders ( @fboutsiders ) give their thoughts on the best and worst of the 2020 NFL Draft. The guys compare the Football Outsiders Draft Report Card with the SIS Draft Team Grades for the Cowboys (2:43), Vikings (5:18), Cardinals (7:57), Ravens (9:49), E...