The free agency period is long over and we now have a few games worth of results to assess how recent signees are performing compared to their compensation. The question I’m trying to answer with this research is: “Is Team A getting the proper value out of its contract with Player B?” I’ll revisit this […]
In an introductory article, I explained the concept of texture to try to gain a better understanding on how an NFL roster is built. With this article, I will take a look at the texture of all 32 teams from 2014 so we can see some real life examples of what I have in mind. […]
If you enjoy the analysis in this article, please e-mail Caponomics @ gmail.com to join the e-mail list. As of right now, Dez Bryant will be playing for the Cowboys on the $12.823 million franchise tag and would lose about $754,000 for each game he misses were he to hold out. After speaking with the […]
I tweeted out that the Patriots and Ravens are such joys to analyze and someone asked me who the worst teams to analyze are. While I don’t not like analyzing any teams because there are definitely things you can learn from everyone, that’s why mistakes are such important teaching tools, but here are the teams […]
Check the First Half of the Mock Draft here! San Diego Chargers (9-7) No. of selections: 6 Draft picks: Round 1 (17), Round 2 (48), Round 3 (83), Round 4 (117), Round 5 (153), Round 6 (192)The Chargers have a few needs to address after another near .500 season. The Chargers are in like a circle of […]
Quarterbacks: Running Backs: Player Nominal Value ECV % Expected ECV/Year Jeremy Maclin $55,000,000 $37,139,500 68% $7,427,900 Randall Cobb $40,000,000 $31,522,300 79% $7,880,575 Torrey Smith $40,000,000 $27,261,750 68% $5,452,350 Dwayne Harris $17,500,000 $12,377,350 71% $2,475,470 Andre Johnson $18,500,000 $11,492,000 62% $3,830,667 Eddie Royal $15,000,000 $11,215,000 75% $3,783,333 Dwayne Bowe $12,500,000 $10,504,900 84% $5,252,450 Stevie Johnson $10,500,000 […]
Rather than update the long posts from last week, I will just link to those previous posts and then list the contracts for which we obtained details over the past week. The pace of signings has clearly slowed significantly, and there are not many noteworthy free agents who remain unsigned. I am not going to […]