I didn’t get as much material out this week as I had wanted to, in part a product of wanting to dive deeper into Brian Flores’ defense before publishing. Hopefully, that bears fruit.
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My work:
I watched all the rookie quarterbacks ($) in the preseason. I think Aidan O’Connell might be really good.
I also talked about T.J. Hockenson’s new deal and the reporting surrounding it ($).
I discussed second-year players who largely played well in the preseason but played poorly last year.
On the Minnesota Football Party, we reacted to the Hockenson contract and discussed his impact on the offense
In the next episode, we broke down the matchups against the Buccaneers
On Norse Code, we talked to JC Allen, who covers the Bucs, to give us the DL. It was a fun conversation.
Other work (football)
Benjamin Solak did an excellent job breaking down a missed open receiver from Jared Goff and how his response to the blown coverage tells us about the difference between him and Matthew Stafford
Here’s a piece on Kirk Cousins from Alec Lewis on Cousins’ internal critical monologue ($).
JT O’Sullivan is one of my favorite quarterback analysts out there and he just released his Patrick Mahomes Week 1 analysis. Incredible stuff.
Other work (non-football)
This is a great piece from a former McKinsey consultant on the impact that it has on the execution of policy — McKinsey is one of the most influential firms in the country, so stories like this are critical.
I watched this video on knots and knot theory that was super educational
Not a ton out there this week — has been busy! Hope you enjoy.