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2016 Consensus Big Board: The “Best” Boards and Most Polarizing Players
By Arif Hasan - Apr 27, 2016
A big question people have when it comes to the consensus big board every year is, “which individual board have you gathered is the best?” Unfortunately, there’s […]
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2016 NFL Draft: Modeling a Seven-Round Mock Draft
By Arif Hasan - Apr 27, 2016
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of ways to generate mock drafts for your favorite team. Picking names out of a hat might be just as accurate […]
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2016 NFL Consensus Board: Evaluating vs. Forecasting
By Arif Hasan - Apr 26, 2016
I’ve published our 2016 NFL Consensus Big Board, and it gives us some insight into what analysts broadly think about this year’s NFL prospects. Generally speaking, the consensus […]
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Premiering the 2016 NFL Consensus Big Board
By Arif Hasan - Apr 26, 2016
Every year, I’ve managed to collect over 40 draft boards and combine them not only to create a cheat sheet for people to follow along in the […]
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Forget BPA or “Need”—A Scarcity-Driven Seven-Round Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft
By Arif Hasan - Apr 21, 2016
One thing that gets lost in the discussion of draft strategy is the landscape of the draft. Very often, teams are tasked by fans of either drafting […]
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NFL Draft 2016: Which Position Has Been Most Difficult to Evaluate?
By Arif Hasan - Apr 20, 2016
Every year, I gather over 40 big boards from respected draft analysts to determine a general consensus on which players are the best in any draft class. […]
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NFL Draft 2016: What Position Groups are the Deepest?
By Arif Hasan - Apr 19, 2016
Every year, I gather over 40 big boards from respected draft analysts to determine a general consensus on which players are the best in any draft class. […]
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Data-Driven Minnesota Vikings Seven-Round Mock Draft
By Arif Hasan - Apr 6, 2016
At the heart of any mock draft is a process. A lot of times the process isn’t laid out, but usually the mocker is trying to fit […]
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Combing the Combine to Uncover Pass Catchers
By Arif Hasan - Apr 5, 2016
Recently, we looked at whether or not it was possible to predict NFL performance from collegiate linebackers based on their workout scores and college performance. As a […]
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Digging Through Data to Identify Defenders
By Arif Hasan - Apr 3, 2016
The Vikings have a well-known need at linebacker, though they may not want to invest a high pick there with the rising importance of the nickel defense. […]
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Using Analytics to Find NFL Counterparts for Draft-Eligible Receivers
By Arif Hasan - Mar 7, 2016
With the NFL combine over and the NFL draft set to hit soon after the free agency uproar dies down, Vikings fans and the team itself will […]