FTN Network’s Aaron Schatz on the 2023 Minnesota Vikings

Aaron Schatz — Chief Analytics Officer at FTN Network and the creator of DVOA, gives his nuanced ice-cold takes on the 2023 Minnesota Vikings!

Topics of conversation include:

• How Aaron Schatz created DVOA.
• The fate of Football Outsiders.
• What makes FTN Network stand out from its competitors?
• How do the 2023 Vikings differ from the 2022 Vikings, from an analytics perspective?
• Are past DVOA metrics still applicable for a Vikings team that is now without Kirk Cousins?
• Will Josh Dobbs improve or regress in the coming weeks?
• Does Kevin O’Connell do a good job of managing the game in terms of balancing his in-game intuition with pre-determined analytics-based decisions?
• Will Brian Flores be unfairly passed up for head coaching jobs because of his ongoing lawsuit against the NFL?
• How Aaron Schatz feels about Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s team-building philosophy, and his “competitive rebuild”.
• Is Kwesi smart or reckless for letting Danielle Hunter and Kirk Cousins play out the final year of their contract(s) without an extension?
• Do the Vikings play better without Justin Jefferson, or is that merely a coincidence that the team is undefeated without him?
• Aaron Schatz’s prediction for the Vikings/Saints game, and his rest-of-the-season outlook for the team.

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