Off The Charts Football Podcast

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss the MVP race in the NFL. The guys examine the MVP race through the lens of a recent article posted on the SIS website titled "Should Brock Purdy be NFL MVP? He’s Good But Not That Good". The group also touches on who they like for some of the other awards, including Offensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

 On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and regular guests Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team welcome Nathan Cooper (@ncoopdraft), Jordan Edwards (@babyrhino79), Ben Hrkach and Jeff Dean of the SIS Football Scouting operation to the show for a discussion about elite traits in the NFL from both the scouting and statistical viewpoints. The guys dive into a scouting debate about which NFL players possess a truly elite trait based on the 1-9 scale that our scouts use at SIS and what the data can tell us about those traits. Some of the players mentioned include Aaron Donald (6:58), Tyreek Hill (11:12), Trent Williams (15:50), Josh Allen (21:39), Patrick Mahomes (27:02), Lamar Jackson (35:10), and Chris Jones (39:45). Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss a couple articles that will be out this week. First, the guys dive into a piece by Bryce that looks at Frank Reich's tenure in Carolina compared to other "one-and-done" coaches titled "Empirically Quantifying the Worst NFL One-and-Dones" (0:56). Then, they preview an article James is working on for The33rdTeam.com that looks at changes in the Steelers' offense after the firing of OC Matt Canada (16:06).Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show for another game of Contender or Pretender. The guys do a division-by-division breakdown of which teams are actual Super Bowl contenders and who are just pretenders in the NFC. If you missed it, check out last week's episode for the AFC Contenders or Pretenders. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show for a game of Contender or Pretender. The guys open with a chat about the Bills' firing of Ken Dorsey before segueing to a division-by-division breakdown of which teams are actual Super Bowl contenders and who are just pretenders. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team along with SIS Injury Analyst Brett Barnes to the show to discuss a recent injury article posted at The33rdTeam.com titled "2023 NFL Week 9 Injury Takeaways: Who’s Been Hurt the Most?". Brett opens with an explanation of the article that looks at Total Points lost due to injury so far this season (0:43) before moving to a look at the teams that have the least (2:40) and most (9:31) Total Points lost through Week 9. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss a variety of football topics. The guys start with their takes on Josh McDaniels being fired by the Raiders (0:22), the Connor Stalions controversy on the NCAA side (4:23), and the most interesting moves at the trade deadline (9:30). They then transition to discussions based on upcoming articles from Bryce on whether the Lions are true Super Bowl contenders (15:02) and James where he creates new NCAA football conferences based on factors such as academics, location, on-field performance, and financial capabilities (30:01). Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss the upcoming Trade Deadline in the NFL. The guys divide up the divisions and pick one team from each who could use an upgrade via trade.  Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss play-calling in short-yardage situations. The guys use a recent article written by Alex and James for The33rdTeam.com titled "Brotherly Shove Not the Only Way to Succeed on Short-Yardage Plays" as as basis for the discussion, as they delve into the actual "Brotherly Shove" play itself (1:25) before moving to a look at what the numbers say about the most successful run types (3:36) and route types on passing plays (12:26). They also look at some team trends in short-yardage play-calling (23:10). Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

 On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to talk about some of the most impactful decisions from last week's NFL games. The guys discuss the Jaguars going for two against the Bills (1:31), the Ravens running a goal line fade against the Steelers (4:26), the Vikings calling a fake punt against the Chiefs (7:28), the Bears kicking a field goal on 4th and 1 against the Commanders (8:31), and the Raiders choosing to kick a long field goal against the Packers on Monday Night Football (11:06). The show closes with a look ahead to NFL Week 6 (15:51).  Check out the entire article from James titled "Ranking NFL's Best, Worst Coaching Decisions from Week 5" over at The33rdTeam.com. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forge

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) fills in for host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and welcomes Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to give out some early-season awards. The guys discuss candidates for the five major end-of-season player awards through four games, including MVP (2:28), Offensive Player of the Year (13:02), Defensive Player of the Year (20:24), Offensive Rookie of the Year (26:03), and Defensive Rookie of the Year (33:28) using a combination of the eye test, our SIS metrics like Total Points, and the betting favorites.  Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team along with SIS Injury Analyst Brett Barnes to the show to discuss what we can learn about the injuries we've seen through the first three weeks of the NFL season.  The guys open the show with a look at the numbers on injuries sustained on natural grass and on artificial turf (1:04) and discuss Brett's article at The33rdTeam.com titled "2023 NFL Week 3 Injury Takeaways: Fallout of Mike Williams Injury" (11:27). They then move to an examination of Bryce's article at SportsInfoSolutions.com titled "Looking For Hope in the Ravens... But Will We Find It?" (22:26) and also discuss the questionable decision-making by Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels (29:49) and a good decision by the Packers, which Alex reviews in his article titled "Why Packers' 2-Point Conversi

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes the R&D Jamboree, Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to take a look back at our win total projections draft from a few weeks ago to see how things have changed 2 weeks into the NFL season.  Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes the R&D Jamboree, Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to look back at a crazy NFL Week 1. The guys open with a chat about Aaron Rodgers going down for the season (0:23) before moving on to a look at how the SIS betting model performed in Week 1 (9:34), what Total Points can tell us about the performance by Patrick Mahomes (13:45), what happened to the Steelers (22:42), the Eagles getting past the Patriots (26:16), interesting coaching decisions (28:47), and the Rams showing some new wrinkles against the Seahawks (33:46).Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to discuss a couple articles recently posted at The33rdTeam.com. The guys open with a discussion about an article by James titled Looking Back at Key Fourth-Down Decisions from 2022 NFL Season (8:36) before moving on to Alex's article titled 2023 NFL Week 1: Best 4th-Down Coaching Decision Matchups (30:30). Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) of Sports Info Solutions welcomes Josh Larky (@jlarkytweets) of The 33rd Team to the show for a fantasy-focused look around the NFL heading into the start of the regular season. The guys discuss some general fantasy draft strategy (6:49), go around the league to look at some interesting targets based on recent roster cuts (15:34), and Josh gives a couple pieces of fantasy wisdom to help you win your league (50:39). Make sure to check out Josh's 2023 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet over at The33rdTeam.com. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

 On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus)  of the SIS Research Team and Brett Barnes of the SIS Injury Team to the show to look at injury risk modeling ahead of the 2023 NFL season. Topics covered include Nick Chubb's durability (10:09) and risk for dual-threat quarterbacks (18:41). Make sure to check out Brett's upcoming article and more over at The33rdTeam.com. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, host Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) of Sports Info Solutions welcome DVOA creator and former Off The Charts co-host Aaron Schatz (@ASchatzNFL) to the show to look at projected win totals for the 2023 NFL season. The guys compare Aaron's model to the SIS model to look at differences and similarities in each team's projected wins for the season. You can order Aaron Schatz's FTN Football Almanac 2023 at FTNfantasy.com or from Amazon.Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show for a one-on-one conversation. The guys take a look at a few surprising SIS stats from last season and debate whether or not they pass the sniff test. Some of the topics include Jared Goff's passing WAR (3:00), Sam Darnold's IQR (6:03), Jawann Taylor's Total Points (8:24), the Texans Pressure Rate (10:33), Josh Uche's Pressure Rate (12:23), the Steelers offensive line's blocking Total Points (15:42), the Eagles defense EPA difference against the rush and the pass (18:19), the Ravens receiving Total Points (21:05), and Saquon Barkley's designed gap percentage (22:28). Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. 

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes the R&D Jamboree Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show to talk win totals for all NFC teams for 2023. The guys will use a draft format to pick over or under for each team using our SIS model and the Vegas odds.Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, The Trenches Tool, the SIS NFL Draft Website and SportsInfoSolutions.com for all our latest content, and don't forget to check out the SIS Baseball Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.