Does anyone know if there are any sabermetric-like stats currently available for football?

by RoyalFlush on Jul 7, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

I'm really interested in finding some more advanced statistics for football. Pretty much the only place I've found is Football Outsiders. I know about Defense-Adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) and Defense-Adjusted Yards Above Replacement (DYAR), but I'm looking for something more along the lines of Win Shares like in baseball. Does anyone know anywhere that has something like this? I realize football is a team sport so it can be much harder to isolate performance, but just wondering if anyone knows anywhere were people are doing this kind of statistical research. Thanks?

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That's the only place I know of

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by Chris Thorman on Jul 7, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions

And the best place

I know Field Gulls is real into that stuff.

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 7, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank God there aren’t more.

Trying to read some of the baseball blogs is crazy sometimes. It’s almost like those guys only like the math and have very little interest in the game itself.

by JComp11 on Jul 7, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions

I disagree...

Its almost like the lay person has very little interest in the intricacies of the game.

Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals

by averagegatsby on Jul 7, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Completely wrong.

That’s not it at all.

You think it's coincidence that I bleed red?

by Mully on Jul 7, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I think in baseball, it's about individual efforts.

Thing about that is, they do all this analysis based on previous stats, and then somebody goes on a hot streak or goes into a slump and all bets are off. I’m not that interested in that kind of thing. But I think it’s HUGE for a good manager to KNOW that stuff AND know if somebody’s hot or having a bad day. That’s part of the beauty of the game and why you can ALWAYS debate baseball all day long (yawn) if you want to.

by hmills110 on Jul 9, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Yep

http://www.advancednflstats.com/

My crystal ball says that the Chiefs will not be drafting Aaron Curry. Their record at the end of 2009 will be 10-6. After witnessing the 2009 draft, their record will be 8-8.

by IISaiNtII on Jul 8, 2009 11:10 AM CDT reply actions