Jason Pauley At the end of the 2022 NFL draft, with the 262nd pick, Iowa State QB, Brock Purdy joined a select group of players who were drafted last, each famously known as “Mr. Irrelevant”. Mr. Irrelevants are remembered in NFL lore forever. Most of them (64% since 2000) go…

by Jason Pauley A lot of factors that have a heavy influence on a team’s success are factors that they have less control over than their play on the field and talent on the roster. Perhaps they have some control over some of these things, but injuries, record in close…

by Jason Pauley This analysis shows every current team and their expected championships since their entry into the NFL (or AFL, or AAFC, or APFA), their actual championships, and their over/under vs expected. This data uses some simple assumptions and simple math, to determine each team’s historical performance vs what…

by Jason Pauley The table below summarizes the total number of championships by franchise and by decade. The columns to the right list the total number of championships (pre-1966) or Super Bowl wins and the number of decades with at least one SB/Champ. …

by Jason Pauley I researched and visualized some data on NFL coaching staffs in 2021. …

Post #3 in my Fun but Meaningless Data Series On Saturday, January 8th at 4:30 PM Eastern Time, when the Chiefs and Broncos kick-off, history will be made. There are seven potential players set to become the first players in the modern era of football to start 17 games in…

by Jason Pauley Pro Football Reference has a metric called Hall of Fame Monitor which they created to predict players’ HOF eligibility (more on HOF monitor at the boom of this post). Like every metric, we can poke holes in it, but no metric is perfect. This can be a…

by Jason Pauley Watching Baltimore fail on a couple of 2-point conversions at the end of the game and lose to both Pittsburgh and Green Bay in the last few weeks got me thinking about close games and their impact on a team’s record. What teams have had the most…

by Jason Pauley In his last six games, Micah Parsons has been playing at a level on par with the best defensive players in the NFL (rookie or veteran). From games 8 to 13, Parsons has 9.5 sacks, 10 tackles for a loss, and 16 quarterback hits. …