Some NFL Writers and Creators to Pay Attention to During the 2023 Season

(Besides Mitch's Picks!)

Jul 31, 2023

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NFL training camps have started, and the first preseason game is this week, if you can believe it! The Jets go to Canton to send their practice squad candidates against the Browns’. Fantasy drafts are in full swing, and people who aren’t fanatics like me are finally starting to pay attention to the NFL and fantasy content.

So I thought I would recommend some other analysts here on Substack, YouTube, and on other platforms who provide quality content whom you might want to follow.

Substack

Tyler Dunne

, an experienced NFL reporter, writes well-researched articles telling the stories behind the players at

Go Long

. This week he has an article about last season’s late breakout IDP star James Houston III and his journey from the SEC to Jackson State to the Lions’ practice squad, where he nearly gave up on football, before making eight sacks in the last seven games.

Go Long

'The Problem' is The Future

This is the first installment of our 2023 NFL Kickoff features. Go Long is completely independent. No ads, no corporate overlords. Our aim — always — is to pull back the curtain on pro football. Paid subscribers will have access to the entire series…

4 months ago · 9 likes · 7 comments · Tyler Dunne

The IDP Show

is what it says it is: a podcast and blog about all things IDP! I published a guest post there earlier this year:

The IDP Show

The Cheat Code for IDP Best Ball Drafts

My name is Mitchell Blatt. I write about the NFL, betting, and fantasy on Substack at Mitch's Picks, and I wrote the IDP waiver wire column for RotoBaller in 2022. During the regular season, I publish data-driven IDP projections for my subscribers. I’m excited to be competing in some of The IDP Show’s best ball leagues. In the course of researching for m…

9 months ago · Mitchell Blatt

Kevin Cole

, who did analysis for PFF in the past, digs deep into the numbers and explains what they mean at

Unexpected Points

. Lately he’s been counting down the top quarterbacks of all eras through an analytical model. During the regular season, I enjoy his game-by-game EPA analyses.

Unexpected Points

The QB GOAT Series: 8-6

I wrote up the methodology for how I measure quarterback career value and highlighted a few honorable mentions in a post last week. I don’t agree 100% with all the rankings, but the beauty of stats-based analysis is that we can take representative data from…

4 months ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Kevin Cole

Ed Steele

and

Nick Kehoe

publish interesting and informative analyses of football strategy with explanatory GIFs at

Football Film Room

What to Make of Aaron Rodgers' 2022 Season

Whatever metrics you choose to rely on, there is no doubt that Aaron Rodgers’ performance dropped off in 2022. He posted career lows in passer rating and QBR. He also posted the second-worst PFF grade of his career. Some perspective is needed here, however. This drop-off was in relation to the high standard Rodgers had set during his previous 14 years as a starter. While he ranked 27th in the NFL with a 39.3 QBR last season (just above Zach Wilson at 36.5, which makes you wonder about the validity of that metric), he also managed to rank 15th in passer rating and 12th in PFF’s QB grading…

4 months ago · Nick Kehoe

YouTube

For football strategy and analyses, there are few YouTubers better than Brett Kollmann. For comedy shorts, Brandon aka BenchwarmerBran is the GOAT. I can’t wait for his QB Club series to start again! And if you just want a really long weekly preview and postview of the NFL Week and also made up content-for-the-sake-of-content during the offseason, there’s always PFF.

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