Timo Riske

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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Nov 10, 2021 7:30 am EST
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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Nov 3, 2021 7:30 am EDT
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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Oct 27, 2021 7:30 am EDT
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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Oct 21, 2021 7:15 am EDT
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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Oct 14, 2021 7:15 am EDT
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Projecting which NFL player has the best chance of winning the 2021 NFL MVP award by predicting who will have the best combination of individual stats and team wins at the end of the season.

By Timo Riske Oct 7, 2021 9:15 am EDT
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From the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offense to the Dallas Cowboys' defense, here are units whose performances through Week 2 of the 2021 NFL season may not be representative of their true ability.

By Timo Riske Sep 22, 2021 7:33 am EDT
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The Los Angeles Rams' formidable defense in 2021 is set to regress, especially after key offseason departures, and they have a new quarterback in Matthew Stafford leading their offense.

By Timo Riske Sep 6, 2021 8:15 am EDT
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The 2020 NFL Draft was rich with young quarterback potential. Now that the rookie season for Justin Herbert, Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow and Jalen Hurts is over, it's time to see which signal-caller can avoid the sophomore slump.

By Timo Riske Aug 18, 2021 9:00 am EDT
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Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes are understandably the favorites to win the MVP award for the 2021 NFL season.

By Timo Riske Jul 22, 2021 6:00 am EDT
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PFF investigates whether top-tier athletes are able to stay and produce at the NFL level for longer than bottom-tier athletes, a study that will no doubt interest those entering the Julio Jones sweepstakes.

By Timo Riske Jun 3, 2021 6:45 am EDT
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In 2021, protectors of the “blind side” are still paid more and considered to be more important than right tackles, but should this really be the case?

By Timo Riske May 26, 2021 8:30 am EDT
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PFF data scientist Timo Riske looks at ways to evaluate draft classes.

By Timo Riske May 7, 2021 6:45 am EDT
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The so-called "steals" and "reaches" often dominate the conversation about the NFL draft, and they often heavily influence draft grades. The question, of course, is how much stock should we put into these two words?

By Timo Riske May 5, 2021 9:45 am EDT
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Positional value is a very complex topic, especially when it comes to the NFL draft, but it looks as though NFL teams are finally catching on and focusing draft capital on the most valuable positions on the football field.

By Timo Riske May 4, 2021 8:15 am EDT
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PFF's Timo Riske looks back at the 2021 NFL Draft to see just how close the public got to predicting what would happen.

By Timo Riske May 3, 2021 10:00 am EDT
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Three trades went down on Day 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft, and PFF's Timo Riske delves into each one to determine the winners and losers based on the value of the swapped picks.

By Timo Riske Apr 30, 2021 8:25 am EDT
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PFF's Timo Riske uses data taken from the PFF Mock Draft Simulator to examine the most popular board settings, round settings, player-team pairings and trade scenarios to get an idea of how the public wants the 2021 NFL Draft to unfold.

By Timo Riske Apr 29, 2021 7:00 am EDT
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Timo Riske takes a look at what every NFL team has to work with in the 2021 NFL Draft. The Jacksonville Jaguars have a better chance than not to have a top-six draft, while things don't look quite as rosy for the Seattle Seahawks.

By Timo Riske Apr 28, 2021 8:15 am EDT
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PFF's Timo Riske takes a deeper look into prospects who declined in their final year in college football, investigating whether it can tell us anything about players from the 2021 NFL Draft class.

By Timo Riske Apr 27, 2021 7:00 am EDT
Bio

Timo Riske is a mathematician and American football enthusiast. He joined PFF in 2019 as a Data Scientist from Germany and will tell you the odds.