About this episode
Code Breaker - Season 2, Episode 2: Josh Larky (@jlarkytweets/@jlarkytiktoks), PlayerProfiler's Head of Analytics, is joined by Cody Carpentier (@carpentiernfl), Head NFL Draft Analyst and Manager of Game Charters at PlayerProfiler. Breaking down recent free agency moves, including winners, losers, teams with a clear direction, teams without one, and players whose stock is rising up/down with the flurry of news. BRAND NEW data is coming to PlayerProfiler in the coming months. Cody and Josh discuss the new WR metrics, compiled by a team of charters that watched Every. Single. Route. during the 2021 season. WRs that impressed in 2021. Route Win Rate and how this new metric improves our understanding of WR performance. Average route separation (regardless if the WR was targeted) and how to interpret leaderboards. Next steps for improving upon these metrics. Cornerback-adjusting win rates for WRs based on matchup difficulty. Start drafting on the Underdog Fantasy app NOW: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-rotounderwold, Code UNDERWORLD to get a $100 instant deposit match with your 1st deposit Interested in learning to code in R, the exact coding language Josh uses for his analytics work? Go to ThatRCodingSite.com to learn R from Josh, and he'll teach you using football datasets to make it fun and engaging. He's used R in previous non-football jobs too, working for the San Diego Padres' business analytics department, the Detroit Tigers' baseball analytics department, and a multi-month HR analysis project for Southwest Airlines. R is a free and open source stats coding language, and you can easily learn it in 2-3 months. ThatRCodingSite.com if you're interested Intro and outro by Boda. Find him on Spotify or Soundcloud (his hip-hop tracks are legit). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices