How data driven thinking plays a role in the NFL Draft with Sean Clement & Jourdan Rodrigue
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
The Athletic
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🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Robert Mays and NFL analytics consultant Sean Clement discuss how teams are incorporating data driven thinking into their draft processes. They talk about the use of GPS data, player evaluation vs. positional value, The Loser’s Curse and much more. Then, The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue joins the show to talk about the Rams’ analytical approach to the draft and how the ‘F them picks’ mindset has sparked a change across the NFL.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 0:18.3 | Today's Friday, April 15th. |
| 0:20.1 | I'm Robert Mays. Really fun show for you guys today. A little bit later on the football show. Today's Friday, April 15th. I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:21.3 | Really fun show for you guys today. |
| 0:23.2 | A little bit later on the podcast, Jordan Roderick, who covers the Rams for us, |
| 0:27.7 | is going to join the show to just tell about the Ramsification of the NFL during the draft process. |
| 0:35.2 | Jordan wrote a piece a couple weeks ago about how the FM |
| 0:38.6 | picks philosophy has become a little bit more pervasive throughout the league, the reasons behind that. |
| 0:43.7 | And then we're going to talk about the Rams ecosystem as it relates to the draft, |
| 0:47.3 | whether or not the model that they're following is reputable, what we can learn from it. |
| 0:51.6 | Is it a standalone thing? We've had this conversation with Jordan in the past. |
| 0:55.7 | We had it before the Rams won the Super Bowl. |
| 0:57.6 | So I thought it was a good time to revisit that chat and examine some of the elements that make the Rams the Rams. |
| 1:04.0 | Before we do that, though, we've talked about the draft from a traditional scouting angle, a decent amount. |
| 1:11.0 | You know, when Nate and I discuss quarterbacks or receivers, whatever position we're |
| 1:14.5 | talking about, this is a, what are the traits? |
| 1:16.9 | What do we see on the tape? |
| 1:18.5 | And we haven't talked about the draft from a more analytical angle. |
| 1:23.2 | Modern football thinking, the way that maybe some of these teams are thinking about |
| 1:27.2 | the analytics associated with the draft, the numbers associated with the draft, the way that maybe some of these teams are thinking about the analytics |
| 1:28.6 | associated with the draft, the numbers associated with the draft, the data that's associated |
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