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Timo Riske

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nfl-statistical-review-week-3-team-tiers-dropback-outcomes-2023

We'll be examining team performance in various categories after each week of the 2023 NFL season.

By Timo Riske Sep 26, 2023 6:56 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-nfl-week-3

PFF broke down the numbers immediately after every NFL Week 3 game, giving an in-depth look at the numbers behind every contest.

By Timo Riske Sep 25, 2023 10:30 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-week-3-thursday-night-football-new-york-giants-offensive-struggles-continue

The San Francisco 49ers took care of business at home on Thursday night, beating the New York Giants 30-12 to advance to 3-0.

By Timo Riske Sep 22, 2023 8:30 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-week-2-team-tiers-dropback-outcomes-2023

We'll be examining team performance in various categories after each week of the 2023 NFL season.

By Timo Riske Sep 19, 2023 9:44 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-monday-night-football

The New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers both emerged victorious from the Week 2 Monday Night Football doubleheader. Here is our initial statistical review of the two games.

By Timo Riske Sep 19, 2023 8:38 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-nfl-week-2-dallas-cowboys-passing-offense-shines-jets-struggle-with-zach-wilson-under-center

PFF broke down the numbers immediately after every NFL Week 2 game, giving an in-depth look at the numbers behind every contest.

By Timo Riske Sep 18, 2023 11:00 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-week-2-thursday-night-football

The Philadelphia Eagles took care of business at home on Thursday night, beating the Minnesota Vikings 34-28 to advance to a 2-0 start to the season.

By Timo Riske Sep 15, 2023 8:28 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-week-1-team-tiers-dropback-outcomes-2023

We'll be examining team performance in various categories after each week of the 2023 NFL season.

By Timo Riske Sep 12, 2023 9:13 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-monday-night-football-jets-bills

The New York Jets stunned the Buffalo Bills to finish off Week 1, beating them 22-16 in overtime. Here is an initial statistical review of the game.

By Timo Riske Sep 12, 2023 6:00 am EDT Buffalo Bills New York Jets
nfl-statistical-review-week-1-49ers-passing-game-soars-bengals-struggle-against-the-browns

PFF broke down the numbers immediately after every NFL Week 1 game, giving an in-depth look at the numbers behind every contest.

By Timo Riske Sep 11, 2023 9:38 am EDT
nfl-statistical-review-of-thursday-night-football-chiefs-passing-game-struggles-lions-dominate-on-the-ground

The Detroit Lions emerged victorious in the opening game of the 2023 NFL season, beating the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 21-20.

By Timo Riske Sep 8, 2023 8:56 am EDT
nfl-predicting-the-2023-nfl-mvp-patrick-mahomes-stands-as-early-favorite

Timo Riske breaks down the NFL's top MVP candidates.

By Timo Riske Sep 7, 2023 11:20 am EDT
nfl-noise-canceled-score-metric

Noise-canceled score separates the signal from the noise to show how two teams truly played or are playing in a game.

By Timo Riske Sep 5, 2023 9:27 am EDT
Fantasy
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fantasy-football-understanding-the-importance-of-backups-best-ball-fantasy-football

Drafting efficiently in best ball fantasy football leagues means you need to weigh the value of backups at each posiiton, and we do so here using "marginal contribution."

By Timo Riske Aug 23, 2023 7:25 am EDT
NFL
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nfl-analytics-driven-2023-nfl-draft-grades

The Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts lead the way in PFF's analytics-driven draft grades.

By Timo Riske May 1, 2023 5:15 am EDT
draft-2023-nfl-draft-grading-all-six-round-1-trades-including-the-eagles-move-up-for-jalen-carter

PFF's Timo Riske grades all six trades from the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

By Timo Riske Apr 28, 2023 12:15 pm EDT
College & Draft
Premium Content
draft-2023-nfl-draft-breaking-down-data-pff-mock-draft-simulator

Dive into which players users traded for the most, which team's fans used the simulator the most and who users chose to go No. 1 overall.

By Timo Riske Apr 27, 2023 2:27 pm EDT
College & Draft
Premium Content
draft-2023-nfl-draft-a-final-look-at-the-the-strongest-weakest-position-groups

With the 2023 NFL Draft just hours away, PFF's Timo Riske takes a look at the positional strength of the class.

By Timo Riske Apr 27, 2023 1:23 pm EDT
College & Draft
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draft-2023-nfl-draft-biggest-risers-and-fallers

Using data courtesy of Benjamin Robinson's GrindingTheMocks, we can take a closer look at the risers and fallers of the 2023 NFL Draft class, which include Ohio State's C.J. Stroud, TCU's Quentin Johnston and Illinois' Devon Witherspoon.

By Timo Riske Apr 27, 2023 8:00 am EDT
College & Draft
Premium Content
draft-2023-nfl-draft-measuring-the-value-of-each-teams-draft-capital

Timo Riske looks at how every NFL team stacks up in terms of draft capital ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft.

By Timo Riske Apr 25, 2023 10:41 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.

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