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Timo Riske
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Recent Articles
An offensive line that can hold up on long-developing pass plays can be the difference between a successful deep throw and a throwaway, sack, or even a turnover. Here are the league's best offensive lines on these plays heading into 2020.
Wed, 01 Jul 20 13:15:31 +0000According to PFF's 2020 NFL season simulations, the signing of Cam Newton has taken the New England Patriots from second place to 2020 AFC East Champions.
Mon, 29 Jun 20 18:00:49 +0000Now that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has encouraged teams to sign Colin Kaepernick, it is time to make the on-field case for his return. Here, PFF looks at where Kaepernick fits in today's QB landscape and offers a few potential landing spots for the former starter.
Thu, 25 Jun 20 14:45:04 +0000PFF's Timo Riske presents a new way of evaluating players by using PFF's time to throw data.
Thu, 18 Jun 20 15:00:31 +0000PFF looks at its 2020 NFL projections alongside the current 2020 NFL MVP betting odds to see which quarterbacks yield the best value on the betting market right now.
Wed, 03 Jun 20 13:45:04 +0000PFF's Timo Riske unveils a new QB metric and presents the NFL's best and worst quarterbacks when it comes to moving the chains.
Thu, 28 May 20 13:15:07 +0000The Baltimore Ravens' preseason over/under win total checked in at 11.5 wins, so Timo Riske looked at the PFF data and found a number of reasons why the under is the right bet to make.
Wed, 13 May 20 16:00:54 +0000The Buccaneers' kicking issue has become so bad that you could actually say that it matters. And when you are that concerned about your kicking game, it might be the perfect time to follow analytical conclusions and just attempt fewer field goals.
Thu, 07 May 20 17:00:18 +0000In recent years, we have seen more and more trades that deviated from the market set by the Jimmy Johnson chart. So PFF sets out to investigate the trades made throughout the 2020 NFL Draft to find out whether or not teams still use this chart.
Thu, 30 Apr 20 13:00:10 +0000PFF looks at how teams tend to spend there their draft picks in order to gain an insight into league-wide trends and its stance on positional value.
Wed, 29 Apr 20 17:20:38 +0000The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft didn't see its first trade until pick No. 13, but the trade market picked up steam later in the first round with three additional trades. Here are our grades for the respective moves.
Fri, 24 Apr 20 17:45:57 +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 2020 NFL Draft to unfold.
Thu, 23 Apr 20 14:30:15 +0000Timo Riske uses PFF's draft-trade simulator to examine five big-impact draft-day trades, from the Chiefs moving up for Patrick Mahomes to the Bills trading up for Sammy Watkins to the New Orleans Saints giving away nearly everything for running back Ricky Williams.
Mon, 20 Apr 20 15:20:10 +0000PFF's Timo Riske uses the PFF Mock Draft Simulator to forecast which NFL teams get the most out of their NFL draft capital, which teams come away with draft steals and which teams reach for overrated talent.
Wed, 15 Apr 20 16:39:32 +0000PFF has just launched its Mock Draft Simulator. Choose your NFL team, trade up, down, receive a grade for your work and share your draft haul on social media. The PFF Mock Draft Simulator is the perfect way to prepare for the NFL Draft.
Thu, 09 Apr 20 11:45:12 +0000Signing top players in NFL free agency can be misleading, as even good players generally regress to the mean. This effect is amplified when a player switches teams, which is why teams that "win the offseason" aren't always sure bets.
Mon, 23 Mar 20 11:00:46 +0000Bruce Arians needs a quarterback who plays to his system’s strengths. Tom Brady needs playmakers to unleash his full potential one last time.
Tue, 17 Mar 20 19:46:58 +0000In this article, we want to examine how the most recent season compares to the career production of a player in terms of importance when looking at potential player acquisitions, whether they be in NFL free agency or the NFL draft.
Tue, 17 Mar 20 13:00:21 +0000The PFF data suggests that it might be useful to put prospects into tiers instead of a board with ordinal rankings to better evaluate the talent in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Thu, 12 Mar 20 15:30:21 +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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