What Advanced Metrics Reveal About the 2025 NFL Season
Leading football analytics expert breaks down why advanced metrics are reshaping how contenders, conferences, and awards races are understood in today’s NFL.
Wharton Moneyball · Wharton Podcast Network
December 24, 202546m 55s
Show Notes
Aaron Schatz, Chief Analytics Officer at FTN Fantasy and founder of Football Outsiders, joins Eric Bradlow to explore how DVOA and play-by-play analytics challenge conventional narratives about the 2025 NFL season, conference strength, playoff probabilities, and the growing influence of data in awards voting. Plus, Eric walks through real-world examples of using generative AI to forecast NBA win totals, college football playoff probabilities, and NFL Super Bowl odds, highlighting how modern models apply Bayesian reasoning, betting markets, and simulation-based analytics.
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