Edit: F-it, not worth the effort responding. Merry christmas dude.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

Analyst
ProFootballFocus.com is seeking a number of highly enthusiastic and dedicated NFL fans to join their analysis team. If you’re a passionate follower of football, looking to expand your knowledge of the game and get a foot in the door of the NFL industry, then you could have what it takes to become a part of PFF.

In working for PFF you will contribute to the analysis and statistics that make PFF so unique. Every person from CEO to newest member of the team has started off working on the collation of player participation data that can take upwards of 20 hours per game to collect initially and, although this does reduce considerably with experience, it is not for the faint of heart. Producing this data improves your knowledge of the game and put you in a position to represent the PFF brand through articles, etc.

The successful candidate must have:

● Demonstrable knowledge of the NFL product and what PFF does
● A very high level of enthusiasm and passion for the NFL and Pro Football Focus
● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
● Ability to meet deadlines
● Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and excellent attention to detail
● At least 20 hours of free time per week

In return, Pro Football Focus offers training, an opportunity for you to develop your own profile on a highly regarded media platform, access to data not made available to the public (even via subscription), and payment based on work done in-season depending on accuracy. This is open to anyone regardless of location as long as you fit the qualifications. You are welcome to send a resume/cover letter, but this is not necessary.

* This is not a full time position and there are no guarantees it will ever lead to one. You will be required to produce work during the regular season to a deadline, but at your own convenience. While we do pay for high quality work, if you are doing this purely for financial reward, the position is not for you.

Ridiculing and discarding an entire establishment based off one educational background is awfully foolish. Unbelievably naive perception and tremendously short sighted. It begs the question how one ties their shoes with such short vision.

If there were some concrete way to evaluating players, don't you think it would be used? There is no 100% accurate measurement. The inclusion of the ProFootballFocus ratings was not, nor was it implied to be the God rating system. It is simply another perspective. Why that can't be understood is really irritating.

No one has a bulletproof evaluation process, NO ONE. Not the Pro Bowl. Not the All Pro. Not You. Not Me. Not ProFootballFocus, NO ONE. Collectively though, IF you are intelligent enough to be open minded, you can draw a fair and reasonable conclusion of a players talent on the field of play.



If anyone thinks they can do gooder, they ...oh snap sorry *Application Period is currently closed




Goodness, it sounds like they only hire money driven fools. I'm cancelling my subscription immediately!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Do NFL teams use your grades?
Yes. We have a number of direct clients within the NFL that use our data for personnel decisions and game management, we also have non-clients that have used our grades as an internal check against their own pro scouts. Most, if not all, teams have at least the bare minimum website subscription.

Our grades and stats are also heavily involved in contract negotiations as agents and front offices use our data to build their case either for or against potential free agents.

How open to analyst bias is the process?
There is always the chance that bias can creep into the analysis process, but we work hard to contain it through our training and review processes. Each analyst is trained extensively before being allowed to grade live games to ensure that everyone is on the same page. For each game, a first run is done on the game that is then checked by another analyst. If there are any questions about a particular grade, it is sent to one of our lead analysts for a final ruling. Due to the training and review processes, we feel strongly about our ability to remain as consistent as possible despite football being such a complicated game.

How can you be right 100% of the time?
This is similar to our previous question about grading plays without the play call. We don’t necessarily expect that our work will be 100 percent accurate (though it’s always the goal), but we feel very confident that we’re extremely close to that mark. When going through our grades on individual plays with members of NFL front offices, scouts, and former players we’ve gotten very strong feedback with very few grades questioned during our studies.

Why don’t you name the analysts who work on certain games?
Given the numbers of eyes that see each game, we don’t feel it’s necessary to name our analysts (though a simple look at our re-focused articles can be quite telling). Each game of analysis goes through at least three sets of eyes, just for the grading. Because of our rigorous training process and extensive review process for each game, we try to eliminate individual analyst bias as much as possible.

One of them went to a college in Wisconsin. I deem that as why the C position grades high!


Whoa, this is fascinating...




Three sets of eyes?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

How many sets of eyes does a Packers game go through on this website? Kevin, you already have the technical know how plus you're a red blooded american, not a brit. You should recruit a couple of guys from this site and start your own site. It would instantly be more legit than PFF because your main people would be Americans who grew up watching and loving NFL football. You could move to Green Bay and brand your site as emanating from the mecca of american professional football. You think I jest...I'm not. If those UK clowns could put together a site so could you.

NFL teams subscribe to all kinds of resources. Central scouting is one such service... many things are used to try and verify some internal organizational thoughts. The Browns even valued input from a homeless man with their first selection last year. It's not some huge divide between being involved with the NFL and not.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

Uffda...out of curiosity, did you major in pro football analytics, or what did you study between the ages of 18 and 22 that makes you a more credible source of info than a guy that studied ecology?

Originally Posted by: musccy