Comments on Advanced NFL Stats: Week 8 Efficiency Rankings

Just an observation. It is interesting that more ...

2008-10-30T10:41:00.000-04:00

Just an observation. It is interesting that more objective, calculation-based ranking models recognize teams like PHI, SD, & CHI while the "pundits'" rankings appear to recognize total wins listing said teams in the mediocre range. I would like to think the more subjective lists would be able to account for the unlucky.

Thanks for reminding me. I've been working on othe...

2008-10-29T08:39:00.000-04:00

Thanks for reminding me. I've been working on other stuff, but here they are. I'll draft a new post explaining the methodology and try to include a sample calculation. But here's a quick and dirty version.

For team B vs. team A, the new coefficients are:
const -0.34
Ahome 0.73
ATRUOPASS 0.46
AORUN 0.25
ATRUDPASS -0.62
ADRUN -0.25
AOINTRATE -19.44
ADINTRATE 0.00
AOFUMRATE -19.38
APENRATE -1.53
BTRUOPASS -0.46
BORUN -0.25
BTRUDPASS 0.62
BDRUN 0.24
BOINTRATE 19.20
BDINTRATE 0.00
BOFUMRATE 19.80
BPENRATE 1.52

Did you ever post the weights of the remaining var...

2008-10-29T07:48:00.000-04:00

Did you ever post the weights of the remaining variables that resulted from the removal of defensive interception rate?