Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus 2005 written by Aaron Schatz and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the over 14 million people who play fantasy football every year; for the hardcore fan who wants information beyond sports page recaps; for everyone who bets on the NFL; and for the smart, casual enthusiast looking for entertainment and insight comes the essential preseason annual. With numerous statistical measures that go far beyond standard NFL stats, Pro Football Prospectus assesses the DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) of every single skill player and determines how many points better a starting player is over the average bench player; measures special teams; offers advanced offensive line statistics; analyzes teams' abilities to convert draft picks into quality players; and much more. And like its sister publication, Baseball Prospectus, it's written with a knowing dry wit that gets under the skin of America's most popular spectator sport. Compared by The New York Times Magazine to Bill James, the baseball statistics guru, Aaron Schatz is revolutionizing the world of football statistics. In just two years his Web site, FootballOutsiders.com, is "by a huge margin, the Web's best independent football site," writes Gregg Easterbrook of NFL.com. Salon calls it "a must for anyone interested in going beyond 'This guy has more yards, so he must be better.'" Now Schatz and his team of Football Outsiders are continuing their groundbreaking work with a comprehensive, authoritative book of sophisticated statistical analysis. It also offers solid predictions: in 2004, the Outsiders predicted six of eight division winners, including the Steelers' champion season; the fading year of Ahman Green and Jamal Lewis; and the breakout of the New York Jets.
Download or read book Pro Football Forecast 2005 Edition written by Aaron Schatz and published by . This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may think you know football, but without the "Pro Football ForecastTM you don't know what you're missing. The "ForecastTM goes beyond mere totals to take a new approach to football stats, with unique numbers for offense, defense, and even the lowly kicker and punter. If you look at the totals only, they don't give you the full story. Take Eddie George's numbers in 2003. He gained more than 1,000 yards but needed an enormous number of carries to each that milestone. One back matched George's yardage with over seventy fewer carries; imagine what Steve McNair would do with seventy extra snaps! The "ForecostTM also provides defensive ratings. compiling all the good things a defender does and comparing players position by position, both from last year and throughout recent history. As for Kickers, everyone knows that fifty-yard field goals are tougher than chip shots and that booming a punt and pinning a team deep are two totally different skills. The ForecostTM turns that knowledge into firm numbers, with hard stats to show the difference. Of course, the ForecostTM still provides a look at each team's recent past and its future, discussing the forthcoming seasin and why last season turned out as it did. There's also a research essay for cach team, taking a look at an interesting question that specifically applies to that team (and often to the league as a whole). On top of all that you get information for your fantasy leagues--"rankings by positions, projections for how the skill players will do in the 2005 season. and tips on who to avoid and who might be a good sleeper. If you're looking for a book that lets you know the NFL--"really know the NFL, from top to bottom--"then you'relooking for the ForecostTM.
Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus written by Aaron Schatz and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a new year of groundbreaking intelligence, this guide includes team and player ratings that correct for situation and opponent to reveal true contributions to success, a unique statistical toolbox featuring DPAR (Defense adjusted Points Above Replacement), and more.
Download or read book Pro Football Register 2005 written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Few Seconds of Panic written by Stefan Fatsis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Word Freak" chronicles his attempts to become a placekicker in the NFL. As he sharpens his skills, he gains surprising insight into the daunting challenges--physical, psychological, and intellectual--that pro athletes must master.
Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus written by Sean Lahman and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides analysis of every team, all of the players, and essays on every aspect of the game
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Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus 2004 written by Al Bogdan and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Includes stats and outlooks for every player on every team, with fantasy information, player projections, and more"--Cover.
Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus 2003 written by Sean Lahman and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular guide returns for another year of unique football scrutiny and prognoses plus analyses of every team and player in the NFL and interesting essays on the game.
Download or read book The Wages of Wins written by David J. Berri and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing about sports is as old as the games people play. Over the years sports debates have become muddled by many myths that do not match the numbers generated by those playing the games. In The Wages of Wins, the authors use layman's language and easy to follow examples based on their own academic research to debunk many of the most commonly held beliefs about sports. In this updated version of their book, these authors explain why Allen Iverson leaving Philadelphia made the 76ers a better team, why the Yankees find it so hard to repeat their success from the late 1990s, and why even great quarterbacks like Brett Favre are consistently inconsistent. The book names names, and makes it abundantly clear that much of the decision making of coaches and general managers does not hold up to an analysis of the numbers. Whether you are a fantasy league fanatic or a casual weekend fan, much of what you believe about sports will change after reading this book.
Download or read book Pro Football Guide 2006 written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually by the Sporting News as part of its statistical reference library, the Pro Football Guide 2006 is a comprehensive compilation of information and statistics for the upcoming 2006 National Football League season. Its unique combination of material makes it a book that NFL fans will want to access in the weeks leading up to the regular season and throughout the season. FEATURES: Week-by-week 2005 season in reviewKey off-season transactions and draft picksSuper Bowl and complete Postseason review2006 Training Camp rosters2005 week-by-week schedulesHistorical information, including past award winners, plus complete team and league and draft records dating back to 1920.A must for Fantasy League players and armchair quarterbacks.
Download or read book Pro Football Register written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great TV companion for armchair quarterbacks, the Register is the annually updated A to Z compilation of information and career statistics for every player expected to be involved in the 2006 National Football League season.
Download or read book Baseball Hacks written by Joseph Adler and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and knowledge of the game. So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in statistical categories that ownership deems most important. Managers make in-game decisions based not on instincts, but on probability - how a particular batter might fare against left-handedpitching, for instance. The goal of this unique book is to show fans all the baseball-related stuff that they can do for free (or close to free). Just as open source projects have made great software freely available, collaborative projects such as Retrosheet and Baseball DataBank have made great data freely available. You can use these data sources to research your favorite players, win your fantasy league, or appreciate the game of baseball even more than you do now. Baseball Hacks shows how easy it is to get data, process it, and use it to truly understand baseball. The book lists a number of sources for current and historical baseball data, and explains how to load it into a database for analysis. It then introduces several powerful statistical tools for understanding data and forecasting results. For the uninitiated baseball fan, author Joseph Adler walks readers through the core statistical categories for hitters (batting average, on-base percentage, etc.), pitchers (earned run average, strikeout-to-walk ratio, etc.), and fielders (putouts, errors, etc.). He then extrapolates upon these numbers to examine more advanced data groups like career averages, team stats, season-by-season comparisons, and more. Whether you're a mathematician, scientist, or season-ticket holder to your favorite team, Baseball Hacks is sure to have something for you. Advance praise for Baseball Hacks: "Baseball Hacks is the best book ever written for understanding and practicing baseball analytics. A must-read for baseball professionals and enthusiasts alike." -- Ari Kaplan, database consultant to the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles "The game was born in the 19th century, but the passion for its analysis continues to grow into the 21st. In Baseball Hacks, Joe Adler not only demonstrates thatthe latest data-mining technologies have useful application to the study of baseball statistics, he also teaches the reader how to do the analysis himself, arming the dedicated baseball fan with tools to take his understanding of the game to a higher level." -- Mark E. Johnson, Ph.D., Founder, SportMetrika, Inc. and Baseball Analyst for the 2004 St. Louis Cardinals
Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus 2008 written by Aaron Schatz and published by Plume. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook for fantasy football players and pro football fans includes detailed team and player ratings, along with predictions about the upcoming season and the odds on each team as a Super Bowl contender.
Download or read book Pro Football Prospectus 2007 written by Aaron Schatz and published by Plume. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schatz and the experts at FootballOutsiders.com use groundbreaking statistical analysis to provide readers with a new understanding of how football works--without sacrificing readability.
Download or read book American Reference Books Annual written by Bohdan S. Wynar and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.
Download or read book The Draft written by Pete Williams and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosive look at the NFL Draft from the inside out that exposes the multilayered feeding frenzy that swarms around America's top college players. The Draft follows a handful of NFL hopefuls through the ups and downs of the 2004 college football season and the predraft process, culminating with the 2005 draft. Among the prospects are Virginia defensive end Chris Canty, who overcomes a devastating early-season knee injury to reestablish himself as a top draft hopeful, only to suffer a detached retina in a nightclub skirmish; and Fred Gibson, a talented but rail-thin Georgia wide receiver who struggles to put on the weight needed to go over the middle in the NFL. It's a complex environment, with college coaches attempting to protect their "student-athletes" from exploitation (while fully aware that they can only remain competitive if they attract NFL-caliber players to their schools), along with sports agents and NFL scouts trying to stay a step ahead of their competition. These parties provide a multi-angled view of the world of emerging NFL talent. The reader follows the season through the eyes of a host of power players and scouts, from veteran agent Pat Dye Jr. to Jerry Maguire clone Jack Scharf, to the coaching divisions of Florida State University and the University of Virginia--headed by longtime Bill Parcells disciple Al Groh. Also central to the narrative are the Atlanta Falcons and former executives Rich McKay and Tim Ruskell, who use a character-based evaluation system to set their draft board. These parallel stories weave together, culminating in draft weekend, to create a gripping and fascinating look at a world few see from the inside.
