Coffee and Cigarettes: SPARQ links for Sunday

I'm off the grid today but if you've missed any of the great work that Zach is doing over at 3sigmaAthlete, make sure you go check it out.

Position-Based Value Drafting | Three Sigma Athlete
Draft analytics aren’t necessarily about athleticism or SPARQ; the idea is to use data in a way that maximizes the use of draft capital. Before we discuss the specific model used here, it’s important to lay out the tools we’ll use in the analysis.

Inducting a New 3-Sigma Athlete | Three Sigma Athlete
The name of this blog is 3 Sigma Athlete, which refers to the rare NFL player who stands three standard deviations above the NFL standard pSPARQ at a given position. I’ve written before about the 3 sigma athletes who are currently in the NFL: J.J. Watt, Calvin Johnson, Evan Mathis, and Lane Johnson.

Mid-April SPARQ Rankings: Off-LOS Linebacker | Three Sigma Athlete
UPDATE 4/13: The SPARQ table now includes most players with pro days occurring prior to March 20th. The image is a much higher-resolution than was used previously. Note that the “Comb.” column refers to those who were invited to the NFL Combine in February.

Mid-April SPARQ Rankings: Defensive Line | Three Sigma Athlete
UPDATE 4/13: The SPARQ table now includes most players with pro days occurring prior to March 20th. The image is a much higher-resolution than was used previously. Note that the “Comb.” column refers to those who were invited to the NFL Combine in February.

Mid-April SPARQ Rankings: EDGE | Three Sigma Athlete
UPDATE 4/13: The SPARQ table now includes most players with pro days occurring prior to March 20th. The image is a much higher-resolution than was used previously. Note that the “Comb.” column refers to those who were invited to the NFL Combine in February.

Mid-April SPARQ Rankings: Offensive Line | Three Sigma Athlete
UPDATE 4/13: The SPARQ table now includes most players with pro days occurring prior to March 20th. The image is a much higher-resolution than was used previously. Note that the “Comb.” column refers to those who were invited to the NFL Combine in February.

Mid-April SPARQ Rankings: Safety | Three Sigma Athlete
UPDATE 4/13: The SPARQ table now includes most players with pro days occurring prior to March 20th. The image is a much higher-resolution than was used previously. Note that the “Comb.” column refers to those who were invited to the NFL Combine in February.

A quick note on Davis Tull, the outlier | Three Sigma Athlete
Davis Tull and Vic Beasley both performed very, very well at the NFL Combine in February.

3SA on the Seahawkers Podcast | Three Sigma Athlete
Hey all — I appeared on the Seahawkers podcast this week. We talked for 30 or 40 minutes about SPARQ, how it relates to the current Seattle roster, and a few of the “Seahawk-y” players in the draft this year.

3SA on the Process the Process Podcast | Three Sigma Athlete
I appeared on Josh Norris' excellent Process the Process podcast back in February.