meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Kevin Sheehan Show

HR2: Aaron Schatz on he created the DVOA stat, Around The NFL: Kevin predicts the week 12 games

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

News, Sports

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

11.21.25 Hour 2, Aaron Schatz from FTN Fantasy joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to discuss the creation of the DVOA football stat and what does the stat say about teams this season in contention and the Commanders. Kevin Sheehan and Producer Max go around the NFL to predict the week 12 slate of games.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

All right, we're going to talk to Aaron Shats, hopefully. We're just having some issues with our phones.

0:05.7

Aaron is the creator of the DVOA metric. We reference that all the time on this show.

0:14.5

It's essentially a stat. It stands for defense-adjusted value average. It takes basically every play, but it

0:23.4

doesn't treat every single play the same. You know, an eight-yard, you know, a 10-yard play on

0:31.3

third and 20 isn't valued as highly as a four-yard play on third and two.

0:38.4

You know, so there's real context on down distance, et cetera.

0:43.0

And Aaron created this, and it's a very good way to sort of measure a team's overall

0:49.7

strength compared to other teams and, you know, to look at a specific side of the ball, offense, defense, special teams as well.

0:59.8

You let me know when we've got Aaron.

1:02.4

We've got them?

1:04.3

Okay, good.

1:05.6

It's my pleasure to welcome back to the show, the creator of something we reference quite often, DVOA,

1:13.1

Aaron Schatz, at A-Shats NFL, A-S-C-H-A-T-Z NFL.

1:19.5

You can get access to everything that I have access to.

1:23.0

I am a subscriber at F-T-N Fantasy.

1:27.7

By the way, I was having a conversation the other day on my podcast about your all-time rankings.

1:34.3

You went back, I think, in this past off season, you know, the 91 skins get referenced a lot on this show.

1:41.3

I believe that it's the all-time greatest Redskin team. I don't think it's

1:45.8

close. You know, analytics like yours have always really highly respected and valued the 91

1:54.2

Redskins, but you did drop them behind a 1962 Packers team. How did you go back

2:01.2

and how much time does it take you

2:03.1

to go all the way back to 1950

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audacy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Audacy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.