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 for another installation of "Scouts vs Stats". This week, the guys will rank the top wide receivers in the league, with Matt and Bryce on the scouting side and Alex and James on the stats side. 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 "Scouts vs Stats". Matt and Bryce will be on the Scout side and Alex and James will be on the Stats side, and both teams will reveal their Top 10 pass rushers in the NFL in a countdown style, leading to both sides' top pass rusher currently in the league.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, fill-in host Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), the Director of Football Analytics at Sports Info Solutions, welcomes Nathan Cooper (@ncoopdraft) and Jeff Dean of the SIS Scouting Staff to the show to recap the 2023 NFL Draft. The guys discuss how we grade drafts (1:03) before looking at the rankings list, starting at the top with teams like the Panthers, Eagles, Texans, Dolphins, and Patriots (2:27). They then transition to how our scouting grades performed relative to the picks (16:39), which teams didn't draft as well based on our grades (21:02), and other significant notes to take away (25:49). Check out the "2023 NFL Draft Team Grades" article for a comprehensive draft breakdown.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, fill-in host Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), the Director of Football Analytics at Sports Info Solutions, welcomes Nathan Cooper (@ncoopdraft) and Jeff Dean of the SIS Scouting Staff to the show to recap the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. The guys discuss some of the highlights from Thursday night, including the Texans trading up for Will Anderson (2:31), the Lions making some curious choices (9:09), the Eagles grabbing Jalen Carter (13:48), the run on receivers in the 20s (19:55), the Eagles getting a steal at 30 with Nolan Smith (24:49), and some players to keep an eye on early in Round 2 (28:42). Stay tuned for a full draft recap and early draft grades coming in a special episode on Monday.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), welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) and Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) of the SIS R&D team to the show to discuss some recent articles they wrote for the SIS website. The discussion opens with Alex and James Weaver's look at need-based drafting titled "Which NFL teams Would Be Most Justified In Drafting For Need?" (3:30) before transitioning to Bryce's in-depth look at QB prospect Anthony Richardson, titled "Anthony Richardson’s Accuracy: A Closer Look". (35:00) 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 SIS Football Operations crew to the show for a live mock draft of picks 1-16. Each guest represents a different organization and will make picks and trades on the clock as if they were the GM of the team. Also, SIS Director of Football Analytics Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) will evaluate all trades based on the value each side is receiving.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, fill-in host Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), the Director of Football Analytics at Sports Info Solutions, welcomes Bryce Rossler (@btrossler) and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team to the show for more draft talk. The guys open with a look at draft pick value through the lens of Total Points based on a recent article by Alex titled "Revisiting Our Draft Pick Value Curve" (3:30). They then transition to an examination of some individual prospects that show up at the top (and bottom) of a lot of our leaderboards, including Bijan Robinson, Nathaniel Dell, Josh Downs, Charlie Jones, Hendon Hooker, and Will Levis (28:21).  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 Jordan Edwards (@babyrhino79) and Nathan Cooper (@ncoopdraft) of the SIS scouting team to the show for a look at some of the top draft prospects on the offensive side of the ball. The group breaks down the profiles of the top QBs like Bryce Young and CJ Stroud (0:56),  Will Levis (19:47), Anthony Richardson (31:30) and Hendon Hooker (40:25), before moving on to WR Zay Flowers (43:57), TE Darnell Washington (46:40), LT Anton Harrison (49:35), and OG O'Cyrus Torrence (52:17). 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 pod casts.

On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Jordan Edwards (@babyrhino79) and Ben Hrkach of the SIS Scouting team to the show to look at some draft prospects on the defensive side of the ball. The guys talk through a list of players that includes Ivan Pace Jr. (1:24), Jalen Carter (7:33), Will Anderson Jr. (13:05), Emmanuel Forbes (22:26), and Trenton Simpson (31:46). To close the show, Jordan talks about what his Panthers have done this offseason and what he expects out of them heading into the draft with the number one pick (38:10). Stay tuned for a look at the offensive side of the ball with Nathan Cooper coming next week. 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 look at some of the recent free agent signings around the NFL. The guys use a recent article by Alex and James, "2023 NFL Free Agent Analysis & Projections", as the basis of the discussion that includes projections on players like Derek Carr (8:15), Jimmy Garoppolo (13:15), Orlando Brown Jr. (18:10), Jessie Bates (23:08), Allen Lazard (26:36), James Bradberry (29:13), JuJu Smith-Schuster (31:00), Samson Ebukam (33:45), and Patrick Peterson (34:48). 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 draft-style look at the best and worst Franchise Tag moves of the past week.  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, guest host Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) is in for Matt Manocherian as he and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team welcome the winning team from the Syracuse Football Analytics Blitz to the show to discuss their project. The team from the University of Pennsylvania features Daniel Coale (@DannyCoale), Krish Shah (@krishshah2002), Sam Pasco (@sportsbypasco), Caleb Cannon, and Ezra Troy. Thank you for listening. Please check out The Edge, 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), Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research Team welcome special guest Charles McDonald (@FourVerts) to the show for a wide-ranging football chat. The group discusses Charles' experience at the Super Bowl (2:53) before transitioning to some talk about the Falcons (9:32), what to do with Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley (26:16), and how to evaluate Anthony Richardson heading into the draft (33:03). Don't forget to check out The Football Analytics Blitz (Powered by Sports Info Solutions), a case competition for undergraduate college students interested in the football analytics field. For more info, check out the Football Analytics Blitz website, the Syracuse Sport Analytics Twitter account (@CuseAnalytics), and the SIS Football Twitter account (@football_sis). The competition begins on Friday, 2/24 at 10:45 AM (ET) with opening remarks on Zoom. 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 look back at the biggest talking-points from Super Bowl Sunday, including the late holding call (1:59), how the important matchups discussed on last week's episode impacted the outcome (11:31), and how the Chiefs' jet-motion scheme set up some big plays (16:24). The show closes with a look at some of the new coaching hires around the league (20:54) 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 examine the matchups that could decide the outcome of Super Bowl LVII and to give their picks on whether the Chiefs or Eagles will be holding the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the night.  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) takes an early look at the Super Bowl by bringing on experts from both sides to look at some important matchups. First, Matt welcomes beat reporter Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) of the Kansas City Star to examine things from the Chiefs perspective (0:41) before moving on to a chat with Bo Wulf (@Bo_Wulf) of the Athletic to see how things look from the Eagles side of things (22:37). 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 for an in-depth analysis of everything you need to know heading into the championship games this Sunday. The guys open with a brief discussion about Dak Prescott (2:03) and look back at last week (7:46) before moving on to the NFC (14:48) and AFC (35:55) Championship breakdowns. 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 break down this weekend's NFL Divisional Round games. The guys use a recent article by James on The 33rd Team about Red Zone success as a jumping-off point to examine the matchups: Jaguars-Chiefs (2:47), Giants-Eagles (10:10), Bengals-Bills (19:06), and Cowboys-49ers (25:16). 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 Nathan Cooper (@ncoopdraft) of the SIS team to the show for a couple of different discussions. The show opens with Bryce reviewing his recent article for The 33rd Team looking at decision-making and aggressiveness from this crop of playoff teams (2:52). Then, Alex  and Matt recap their trip to the American Football Coaches Association convention (23:49). Finally, Coop breaks down some of the picks for our SIS NFL All-Rookie Team (35:30). 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, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) welcomes Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus), Bryce Rossler (@btrossler), and James Weaver (@J_Weaver97) of the SIS Research team to the show to review the 2022 NFL season heading into Week 18. The group looks at the season through a few different lenses, including betting (4:42), decision-making and win probability (16:34), and scheme tendencies (27:35). :Then, Matt welcomes Corey March (@corey_march1) for this week's installment of the Betway Betting Corner. The guys make their final picks of the season, with Matt looking for a come-from-behind victory in the betting challenge (39:20). Don't forget, Betway will be boosting both parlays again this week! Sign up for Betway. Off The Charts listeners get up to a $250 Free Bet with their first wager. 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.