Player Tracking and Deep Learning Innovations Lead to Greater Interactions...
Fans regularly consume STATS’ data without knowing the original source of the information, and that isn’t necessarily changing as the company explores future applications of richer data. What is...
View ArticleBelgium Jupiler Pro League Selects STATS as Official Tracking and Performance...
LONDON – September 5, 2017 – STATS, the global leader in sports data and intelligence, has been chosen for the next three years to be the Official Tracking and Performance Data Provider for the Belgium...
View ArticleSTATS 2017 Fantasy Football: Week 1 Tiers
Happy football season, everybody! I’ll be providing these tiers every Wednesday so season-long and daily players alike can gain some insight. Keep in mind that rankings within each tier are very fluid....
View ArticleEagles’ WR Overhaul Should Give Wentz Productive Week 1 Weapons
Among the Week 1 matchups is a clash of the two NFC East teams that failed to make the playoffs last year, Philadelphia and Washington. Whereas the Redskins were just a Week 17 win away from...
View ArticleFantasy Football Outliers vs. Consensus: Week 1
In conjunction with Sean Koerner’s best-in-the-biz Tiers piece that comes out on Wednesdays, I’ll be posting this on Fridays, to highlight a few guys we like or dislike, relative to consensus. Keep in...
View ArticleSTATS’ Favorite Fantasy Football Plays: Week 2
In conjunction with Sean Koerner’s best-in-the-biz Tiers piece that comes out on Wednesdays, I’ll be posting this on Fridays, to highlight players that are either a.) ranked too high or low by most...
View ArticleThe Risk and Reward of Deshaun Watson
Using STATS X-Info and Research to describe how Deshaun Watson’s electric – and sometimes erratic – play affects the Houston Texans’ offense Deshaun Watson’s name didn’t occupy national headlines...
View Article2017 STATS Fantasy Football: Week 15 Tiers
Don’t forget, these tiers reflect non-PPR fantasy football scoring. The number in parentheses next to the player’s matchup indicates how many tiers they’d move up or down in PPR scoring. One thing to...
View Article2017 STATS Fantasy Football: Championship Week Tiers
Don’t forget, these tiers reflect non-PPR scoring. The number in parentheses next to the player’s matchup indicates how many tiers they’d move up or down in PPR scoring. One thing to note – just...
View ArticleTaking the Air Out of Airing It Out
The NFL has become a passing league, and by no small margin. Here’s how David Caldwell’s Jacksonville Jaguars reached the playoffs for the first time since 2007 by building around defending the era of...
View ArticleThunder and Lightning: The Offensive Balance of the 2017 Saints
STATS X-Info data helps show the interchanging roles of Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara, as well as how the New Orleans Saints returned to the playoffs by moving away from their dependence on Drew Brees’...
View ArticleClipped Wings? Detailing Why the Atlanta Falcons’ Offense Wasn’t as...
Kyle Shanahan is gone, and Matt Ryan is now a shell of his old self after the now-San Francisco 49ers head coach groomed him into an MVP a season ago, right? Well, not quite. First off, Ryan has the...
View ArticleHow Roster Depth Propelled the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl: Part I
A simple review of many NFL “expert” preseason predictions shows how few believed the Philadelphia Eagles could win the NFC East, let alone take the conference title with home-field advantage...
View ArticleHow Toxic Was Your NFL Team in 2017?
What makes up championship-level teams? It takes an offense that is dutiful to take care of the ball but also takes calculated shots down the field. It takes a ballhawking defense that keeps the...
View ArticleFantasy Football Outliers vs. Consensus: Week 1
In conjunction with Sean Koerner’s best-in-the-biz Tiers piece that comes out on Wednesdays, I’ll be posting this on Fridays, to highlight a few guys we like or dislike, relative to consensus. Keep in...
View ArticleSTATS’ Favorite Fantasy Football Plays: Week 2
In conjunction with Sean Koerner’s best-in-the-biz Tiers piece that comes out on Wednesdays, I’ll be posting this on Fridays, to highlight players that are either a.) ranked too high or low by most...
View ArticleThe Risk and Reward of Deshaun Watson
Using STATS X-Info and Research to describe how Deshaun Watson’s electric – and sometimes erratic – play affects the Houston Texans’ offense Deshaun Watson’s name didn’t occupy national headlines...
View Article2017 STATS Fantasy Football: Week 15 Tiers
Don’t forget, these tiers reflect non-PPR fantasy football scoring. The number in parentheses next to the player’s matchup indicates how many tiers they’d move up or down in PPR scoring. One thing to...
View Article2017 STATS Fantasy Football: Championship Week Tiers
Don’t forget, these tiers reflect non-PPR scoring. The number in parentheses next to the player’s matchup indicates how many tiers they’d move up or down in PPR scoring. One thing to note – just...
View ArticleTaking the Air Out of Airing It Out
The NFL has become a passing league, and by no small margin. Here’s how David Caldwell’s Jacksonville Jaguars reached the playoffs for the first time since 2007 by building around defending the era of...
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