The most authoritative and innovative guide to professional football (previously known as "Pro Football Prospectus") is back for an all-new season with more cutting-edge statistical analysis, obsessive film study, and trademark humor. Includes comprehensive coverage of all 32 NFL teams, analysis of offseason personnel changes, over 500 KUBIAK fantasy football projections, and breakdowns of every team from the five major college football conferences plus the top independent and mid-major college teams. With numerous statistical measures that go far beyond standard NFL stats, Football Outsiders Almanac 2014 gives NFL fans the kind of sabermetric-like statistical analysis that revolutionized the fan's understanding of baseball. It's also written with a knowing dry wit that gets under the skin of America's most popular spectator sport.
The most authoritative and innovative guide to professional football (previously known as "Pro Football Prospectus") is back for an all-new season with more cutting-edge statistical analysis, obsessive film study, and trademark humor. Includes comprehensive coverage of all 32 NFL teams, analysis of offseason personnel changes, over 500 KUBIAK fantasy football projections, and breakdowns of every team from the five major college football conferences plus the top independent and mid-major college teams. With numerous statistical measures that go far beyond standard NFL stats, Football Outsiders Almanac 2014 gives NFL fans the kind of sabermetric-like statistical analysis that revolutionized the fan's understanding of baseball. It's also written with a knowing dry wit that gets under the skin of America's most popular spectator sport.
Lead editor Aaron Schatz is the creator of FootballOutsiders.com and the proprietary NFL statistics within Football Outsiders Almanac, including DVOA, DYAR, Adjusted Line Yards, and the KUBIAK fantasy football projections. He writes regularly for ESPN Insider and ESPN the Magazine, and has done custom research for a number of NFL teams. The New York Times Magazine has referred to him as "the Bill James of football." Bill Connelly (writer, NCAA statistics) writes for Football Outsiders and covers college football for SB Nation at FootballStudyHall.com. Brian Fremeau (writer, NCAA statistics) writes for Football Outsiders and ESPN Insider. Vince Verhei (writer, design, and layout) covers the NFL for Football Outsiders and ESPN Insider. Rivers McCown (writer, editor on player comments) is assistant editor for Football Outsiders. Doug Farrar has covers the NFL for Sports Illustrated. Nathan Forster is the creator of the Football Outsiders SackSEER and Playmaker Score systems. Tom Gower writes regularly for Football Outsiders. Matt Hinton covers college football for Football Outsiders and the SB Nation blog "Sunday Morning Quarterback." Scott Kacsmar is Assistant Editor for Football Outsiders. Jason Lisk writes for TheBigLead.com. Christopher Price covers the NFL for Boston radio station WEEI as well as WEEI.com. Chase Stuart runs the blog FootballPerspective.com and writes for FootballGuys.com. Mike Tanier covers the NFL for SportsonEarth.com and is the author of "The Philly Fan's Code." Robert Weintraub writes regularly for SportsonEarth.com and The Guardian, and is the author of "The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age" and "The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923."
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