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Timo Riske
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PFF data scientist Timo Riske looks at ways to evaluate draft classes.
Fri, 07 May 21 10:45:12 +0000The 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?
Wed, 05 May 21 13:45:55 +0000Positional 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.
Tue, 04 May 21 12:15:06 +0000PFF's Timo Riske looks back at the 2021 NFL Draft to see just how close the public got to predicting what would happen.
Mon, 03 May 21 14:00:00 +0000Three 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.
Fri, 30 Apr 21 12:25:03 +0000PFF'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.
Thu, 29 Apr 21 11:00:45 +0000Timo 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.
Wed, 28 Apr 21 12:15:14 +0000PFF'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.
Tue, 27 Apr 21 11:00:30 +0000Data scientist Timo Riske compares players' actual draft position to their ranking on past consensus big boards to see whether the draft big boards hold any predictive power.
Mon, 26 Apr 21 15:45:27 +0000Data scientist Timo Riske looks into a new way of valuing draft trades.
Wed, 21 Apr 21 10:00:39 +0000PFF data scientist Timo Riske looks at NFL drafts from 2011 to 2018 to investigate how successful teams were at trading up.
Wed, 14 Apr 21 14:00:40 +0000PFF's Timo Riske takes to the consensus big boards to see if they hold any predictive power over the NFL draft. The results are positive for the incoming offensive tackle and wide receiver class, two of the strongest position groups in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Tue, 13 Apr 21 12:45:46 +0000Yesterday we looked at how teams have allocated their draft capital toward different positions, so today we want to proceed by investigating which NFL teams have hit on their draft picks at every position.
Thu, 08 Apr 21 12:45:59 +0000PFF's Timo Riske compares past draft allocation to the 2021 draft class to see whether it will fit the teams’ habits.
Wed, 07 Apr 21 11:15:48 +0000PFF data scientist Timo Riske looks at how fast the average NFL player ages and how it varies through different positions.
Mon, 22 Mar 21 13:45:39 +0000PFF's Timo Riske looks back at the first wave of 2021 NFL free agency and details his favorite and least favorite moves so far.
Thu, 18 Mar 21 12:00:18 +0000PFF data scientist Timo Riske dives into the intricacies of the Ravens' spot-and-choose proposal, explaining how and why it works as well as taking a deeper dive into the game theory behind it.
Wed, 10 Mar 21 11:00:53 +0000With the 2021 NFL Draft now just over two months away, PFF looks back over the last four years to identify the teams that have had the most successful drafts.
Thu, 25 Feb 21 16:00:42 +0000Bio
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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