It's Up to Steve Now (Mod edit... must read re: round 2&3 picks)

[MCC]

19 hours ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Hmmmmm, Neal is 3rd on those safety rankings too. Maybe these SPARQ stats aren't THAT inspiring or The Falcons got themselves a good player.

No one is saying Neal won't be a good player, but more so laughing at the usual philosophy of the Falcons, but hey, Seattle became dominant thanks to a great secondary, so we'll see.

[tiger7_88]

Falcons picks ratings under this system:

1. Keanu Neal, S, Florida - 3rd ranked safety

2. Deion Jones, LB, LSU - 10th ranked LB

3. Austin Hooper, TE, Stanford - 3rd ranked TE (just behind our 7th round draft pick... lol)

4. De'Vondre Campbell, LB, Minnesota - unlisted in this guys rankings hahahaha

6. Wes Schweitzer, OG, San Jose State - listed but unranked in "others" in the OT category

7. Devin Fuller, WR, UCLA - listed buy unranked in "others" in the WR category

So Atlanta acquired good athleticism with their first 3 picks, but their last 3 were athletic unknowns.

Saints picks ratings

1. Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville - 15th ranked DL

2. Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State - 12th ranked WR

2. Vonn Bell, S, Ohio State - curiously, has him listed and rated by not ranked? Don't know what's up with that.

4. David Onyemata, DT, Manitoba - 9th ranked DL

5. Daniel Lasco, RB, California - Top ranked RB

Tampa Bay ratings

1. Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida - 18th ranked CB (wow)

2. Noah Spence, DE, Eastern Kentucky - 10th ranked Edge Rusher

2. Roberto Aguayo, K, FSU - guy obviously doesn't rank kickers... lol. But we can safely say Aguayo was the best K available.

4. Ryan Smith, CB, NC Central - 31st ranked CB.

5. Caleb Benenoch, OT, UCLA - 15th ranked OT

6. Devante Bond, LB, Oklahoma - 9th ranked LB

6. Dan Vitale, FB, Northwestern - Top ranked FB

[KB_fan]

I'd give you pie @tiger7_88 for the above, but I'm out for this 24 hours.  Been huddling too much, but the draft will do that to a gal....

[Nate Dogg]

 

[KSpan]

3 hours ago, MCC said:

No one is saying Neal won't be a good player, but more so laughing at the usual philosophy of the Falcons, but hey, Seattle became dominant thanks to a great secondary, so we'll see.

Seattle had it all come together when the secondary matured, Wagner came into the picture, they bolstered the pass rush with Avril/Bennet/Irvin, and Wilson's on-field miracles started to occur. The secondary had been together since 2011 but the team was 7-9 that year, going 11-5 (after adding Wilson, Wagner, and a couple others) and then 13-3 in their SB year after the roster changes noted above.  Saying the secondary was the primary reason is inaccurate.

[Chaos]

So now we know that Dave Gettleman does indeed use Twitter, and his alias handle is Ethan Young.  Well done, huddle sleuths.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Gettlemetrics

[tiger7_88]

Gahdfahdarology.

[Pazhoosier89]

This makes sense because Gentleman said there were corners picked before the 2nd round pick that weren't even on our board. Eli Apple, Alexander,  and Hargreaves were all rated low in these metrics but drafted higher.

[KB_fan]

3 hours ago, Nate Dogg said:

But... But.... I thought the Browns were gonna become the best team in the NFL through the use of special analytics.  You mean we, the old fashioned Panthers, trumped them in the analytics game?!?!  LOL.

[MV%doe]

Steve is the best coach not named Ron on the staff.

If you read his bio, it's impressive. He had the #1 pass defense in San Diego with a bunch of questionable DBs.(except weddle, young Carson & cromite). Once he leftd the charges they struggled migthy. Where ever hes been they been a great pass defense team.

During his time here, hes worked miracles given what he's had to work with. Same for OL coach John&Ray, hope they get young talented clay to mold very soon.

[Happy Panther]

On 5/1/2016 at 11:26 AM, Nate Dogg said:

 

What is a TLP anyway?

[Nick_81]

4 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

What is a TLP anyway?

Top Level Player

[Bartin]

On 5/1/2016 at 3:22 PM, KB_fan said:

But... But.... I thought the Browns were gonna become the best team in the NFL through the use of special analytics.  You mean we, the old fashioned Panthers, trumped them in the analytics game?!?!  LOL.

Browns went a different direction with their analytics. They went with college production, which makes sense given the moneyball baseball background as that more fits what happened with the A's, rather than the height-weight-athleticism SPARQ model that Seattle pioneered in the NFL. Almost all of their draft picks graded very highly on PFF in college. They also had the strategy that having a lot of draft picks and casting as wide a net as possible was the best plan. Data backs up that for the most part, everyone has around the same success rate per pick as everyone else so the teams that give themselves the most chances tend to get more good players. Gettleman has proved to be somewhat of an exception in this regard so far which is nice.

There are multiple ways to use analytics and different analytics and analytical strategies that can be used. I think one of the biggest misconceptions with analytics in sports is that they are all the same. That all analytics teams will use them in the same way. Analytics Team A can do things one way and Analytics Team B can do things another way. Really the entire purpose of analytics is to make the most informed decision possible and give yourself the best possible chance of success.