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SPARQ a Fire: Measuring the type of athlete the Seahawks hunt for in the NFL Draft
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August 25, 2015
George Farmer and WR/DB Converts
The Seahawks appear to think there's a new market inefficiency to exploit.
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June 4, 2015
Tom Cable outlines his ideal offensive lineman
During the Seahawks' Town Hall that aired last night, Tom Cable described what he was looking for in offensive linemen.
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May 22, 2015
Seahawks sports scientist Dean Riddle talks SPARQ
This is an excellent interview by the BBC Radio's and Seahawks Draft Blog's Rob Staton
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April 24, 2015
Athleticism metrics & positional prototypes
I should probably make a "birds of a feather" joke here.
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April 21, 2015
NFL Draft positions with the most NFL athletes
Finding which position groups are producing the greatest number of NFL athletes.
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April 15, 2015
NFL Draft 2015: Davis Tull, the outlier
In which I try to make sense of a very different kind of prospect. One of these [players] is not like the others.
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July 24, 2014
Seahawks SPARQ-cap, Part 2: Defense
With the start of Seahawks training camp looming on Friday, we'll look at the offseason additions, talk about roster mirroring, and make a too-early projection for the 53-man roster.
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July 21, 2014
Seahawks SPARQ-cap, Part 1: Offense
Reviewing the 2014 Draft and taking a look ahead the camp battles looming later this week.
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July 3, 2014
Field Gulls' Seahawks SPARQ featured at NFL.com
Over at NFL.com, columnist Chris Wesseling put together a piece on the Seahawks' use of a SPARQ-like metric to grade draft-eligible players, based on a lot of the work that Davis Hsu and Zach Whitman have done on the subject.
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May 6, 2014
NFL Draft 2014: The SPARQ Database
We conclude the SPARQ series with a new stat and a complete SPARQ database.
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May 3, 2014
Seahawks sign "freak athlete" CB A.J. Jefferson
A closer look at the Seahawks latest acquisition, who immediately becomes one of the best athletes on the team.
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April 24, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 9: DS
In the final positional piece of the SPARQ profiling series, we'll look at the Seattle safety prototype and what players in the 2014 draft may fit the mold.
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April 17, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 8: CB
We'll use SPARQ to define a Seattle prototype and isolate a few names that would fit right into the LOB.
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April 14, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 7: LB
With a flurry of recent visits to the VMAC, linebacker looks like one of Seattle's biggest priorities in the 2014 draft.
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April 11, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 6: LEO
Let's take a look at what pass-rushers the 2014 draft has to offer.
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April 9, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 5: DL
Because there's no better way to start off a Wednesday than reading 2000 words on obscure defensive line prospects.
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April 7, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 4: WR
It's time to evaluate the 2014 crop of wide receivers. There are so, so many wide receivers.
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April 4, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 3: RB
The third part in our positional series, we take a look at the 2014 running back class. Christine Michael comes up a lot.
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April 2, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 2: TE
It's time to delve into a position where Seattle draft picks look like a collection of the SPARQ All-Stars.
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March 31, 2014
NFL Draft SPARQ Profiling, Part 1: OL
Last week, we figured out how to calculate the SPARQ formula. But what good is a fun new toy if you don't take it out for a test drive?
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March 27, 2014
Introducing rSPARQ
Because data analysis is fun and there's a mountain of SPARQ data available, I figured I'd try to back-calculate the formula.
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February 11, 2014
Revisiting Seahawks SPARQ
It's that time of year again - the NFL Combine is just around the corner, the Draft just past that.
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June 19, 2013
Seahawks TE Luke Willson & the SPARQ Rating
Measuring the type of athletes the Seahawks are acquiring under Pete Carroll and John Schneider.
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June 18, 2013
Seahawks WR Chris Harper and the SPARQ Rating
Chris Harper was the 14th wide receiver selected in the 2013 NFL Draft.