The 2013 Pass Catchers Portfolio

Eric Hardter

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Editor’s Note: A HUGE thanks to Eric Hardter and his countless hours of work on this. Much like the ORANGE Report, our rookie draft boards, the DLF Game Plan and other project created by our amazing team, this promises to provide ultimate value for subscribers to DLF.

If I were to mention the record-setting 2013 Denver Broncos offense, who is the first player that comes to mind?  Go ahead, I’ll give you a second.  Done?  Well, if you said anyone other than quarterback Peyton Manning, I’m calling you a liar.

Forgive my initial antagonism, but I’m building to a point here.  The quarterback is the most important position on the roster, and often times teams can only go as far as their signal caller gets them.  After all, there’s a reason why a whopping 10 of the past 15 number-one overall picks in the NFL draft (dating back to 2000) have been the men who stand under center.

On a more macroscopic level, the importance of the quarterback position is effectively manifested in the totality of the passing game output.  This is shown primarily through raw statistical data – completions, attempts, yards, touchdowns and the like.  However, as always it behooves us to dig beneath the statistical surface in order to unearth a greater meaning.

Sure, the quarterback remains the engine of the offense, but what is the fuel?  Who were the other key contributors, and how did the function specifically within the scope of the offense?  Were certain players and positions simply byproducts of their respective teams, and can we differentiate the good offenses from the bad?  Finally, can we frame the data such that it presents an outlook for the 2014 season?

These are exactly the sorts of questions I sought to answer with The DLF Pass Catchers Portfolio.  I wanted to transcend the mundane and provide an advanced look at the entirety of the league’s passing output last year, including at both an inter- and intra-team level.  Simply put, what’s contained within can effectively be viewed as a passing game bible for the 2013 season.

Enclosed within the nearly 100 pages of the downloadable PDF are as follows:

  • A summary of every single completed pass, no matter who the passer or recipient was
  • A breakdown of the overall passing-game competencies of the 32 teams
  • Detailed analyses of the receiving output of the three primary skill positions – running backs, receivers and tight ends
  • A look at the skill-position preferences for each and every passing game
  • Positional variance studies for all 32 squads
  • A team-by-team rundown of the respective scopes of all 32 squads, as well as what it might portend for the coming season

In addition to the 16,000+ words of passing-game insight are a multitude of tabular and graphical analyses.  With well over 100 tables and charts, this report is worth its weight in data visualization gold.  Between this combination of text and graphical scrutiny, The DLF Pass Catchers Portfolio effectively turns the NFL’s 2013 aerial assault into an easy to read story.

This culmination of three months worth of work is now available to our subscribers at no extra cost.  It’s yet another way DLF is raising the bar of fantasy football content, and more importantly thanking our members for their continued support.  So without further adieu, get reading – your Hail Mary is here!

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