The analytics argument has split NFL fans between those who believe the game too complicated to be reduced to numbers and those who insist that even the most complicated of systems can be reduced to a system of equations. Whatever side of the argument one falls on, one thing the analytics revolution in football has brought about is the propagation of tools that allow for fans to better dig into the league’s play by play data.
To that end, we’ve seen Field Gulls own puntalytics expert, Sean Clement, leverage his work in the kicking game into a analytics position with the Baltimore Ravens, and he’s not the only fan who has turned work in their free time into a position with an NFL club.