Football Outsiders Almanac 2020: The Essential Guide to the 2020 NFL and College Football Seasons - Softcover

Schatz, Aaron; Verhei, Vincent; Spratt, Scott; Tanier, Mike; Knowles, Bryan; Klassen, Derrik; McCown, Rivers; Weintraub, Robert; Bassinger, Thomas; Potter, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798666296882

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

The most authoritative and innovative annual guide to both the NFL and college football 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, KUBIAK fantasy football projections with over 500 player profiles, and breakdowns of the top 50 college football teams for 2020. With numerous statistical measures that go far beyond standard NFL stats, Football Outsiders Almanac 2020 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.

• Groundbreaking team and player DVOA ratings that correct for situation and opponent to reveal which offenses and defenses are truly superior, and which players really help win games.
• Exclusive data from our partners at Sports Info Solutions, unavailable in standard NFL stats, tells you which quarterbacks benefit the most from yards after catch or play best under pressure; which teams most often blitz or run specific offensive formations; and which defensive backs stop the other team's passing game, measured by pass coverage on every single play rather than just tackles.
• Data on how receivers performed based on where they lined up before the snap: wide, tight, in the slot, or in the backfield.
• Detailed information on each team's performance in 2019 by offensive and defensive personnel package.
• Detailed individual stats for offensive linemen and defensive players.
• Extensive coverage of all 32 teams with week-by-week stats from the 2019 season, five-year performance trends, and analysis of off-season personnel changes.
• Exclusive 2020 predictions that give the odds on each team as a Super Bowl contender ... or a contender for the top pick in the 2021 draft.
• 2020 fantasy football projections for more than 500 skill position players based on the KUBIAK forecasting system.
• Breakdowns on the top 50 college football teams and full win-loss projections for all 130 Division I-A (FBS) teams.

• "A book that any self-respecting NFL fan needs to purchase." -- Bill Simmons, The Ringer.com
• "Football Outsiders has now built a system that has some serious traction behind it. I personally find it fascinating." -- John Schneider, General Manager, Seattle Seahawks
• "Exhausting, enlightening, surprising in many cases, and an absolute must-read if you like the NFL. -- Peter King, NBC Sports
• "It's important for you, the working football fan, to know more about football than other football fans. The Football Outsiders Almanac will give you all the background knowledge you need to make your football-watching companions feel uninformed and inadequate." -- Drew Magary, GEN Magazine
• "Football is a nearly impossible game for even its most devout practitioners to understand. Football Outsiders is the best way I know to make it make sense." -- Will Leitch, New York Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798666296882
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 527