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Prior to this week... I had no idea what moneyball was outside of some Brad Pitt movie I never watched, however my general impression is its a means of targeting certain cost effective, yet productive players via the use of statistical analysis. The practice allows franchises on stricter budgets to compete with the big spenders.
As this offseason proved... Ralph isn't cheap so moneyball isn't really needed by us, because we are one of the big spenders. On the other hand... lets look of some analytics of Mario Williams in comparison to Jabaal Sheard, a player I targeted in the second round... the year we selected Aaron Williams.
The analysis conducted takes a look at two on field metrics (tackles and sacks) in relation to cost (this years salary + amortized sign-on bonus for this year).
Mario Williams - $5,900,000 (salary) + $3,166,666 (1 year worth of sign-on bonus) = $9,066,666
46 tackles = $197,101/tackle
10.5 sacks = $863,492/sack
Jabaal Sheard - $550,000 (salary) + $550,000 (1 year of sign-on bonus) = $1,100,000
54 tackles = $20,370/tackle
7 sacks = $157,142/sack
Welcome to the question portion of our program...
1.) based on the above metrics, which player has a greater on-field return on investment?
2.) do you think Mario's teammates are intrinsically aware of this dynamic and as such, there is some negative impact on the dynamics of the group or team?
3.) are these the kinds of analytics that Russ Brandon's new department are going to be conducting?
4.) does this analysis validate my "Fool's Gold" point?
5.) who wants to shampoo my crotch first?
6.) is Russ Brandon a glorified snake oil salesman?
As this offseason proved... Ralph isn't cheap so moneyball isn't really needed by us, because we are one of the big spenders. On the other hand... lets look of some analytics of Mario Williams in comparison to Jabaal Sheard, a player I targeted in the second round... the year we selected Aaron Williams.
The analysis conducted takes a look at two on field metrics (tackles and sacks) in relation to cost (this years salary + amortized sign-on bonus for this year).
Mario Williams - $5,900,000 (salary) + $3,166,666 (1 year worth of sign-on bonus) = $9,066,666
46 tackles = $197,101/tackle
10.5 sacks = $863,492/sack
Jabaal Sheard - $550,000 (salary) + $550,000 (1 year of sign-on bonus) = $1,100,000
54 tackles = $20,370/tackle
7 sacks = $157,142/sack
Welcome to the question portion of our program...
1.) based on the above metrics, which player has a greater on-field return on investment?
2.) do you think Mario's teammates are intrinsically aware of this dynamic and as such, there is some negative impact on the dynamics of the group or team?
3.) are these the kinds of analytics that Russ Brandon's new department are going to be conducting?
4.) does this analysis validate my "Fool's Gold" point?
5.) who wants to shampoo my crotch first?
6.) is Russ Brandon a glorified snake oil salesman?
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