Matt Harmon is a writer for NFL.com and is a pretty good follow on Twitter as well. He dabbles a lot in Next Gen Stats and tries to find ways to explain the unexpected. One huge unexpected turn this season was the fall of Cam Newton. 2015’s Most Valuable Player had, statistically, the worst season of his career on the ground and through the air. For example, Newton’s touchdown rate dropped by almost half from last year and his yards per attempt was below 7. Harmon took a look at one possible explanation in his latest article which you can find here.
Cam Newton and Tight Windows: One Metric’s Explanation for the Ex-MVP’s Struggles
