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Fox News
9 hours ago
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Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth rails against NFL's reliance on analytics: 'Just a bunch of fluff'
NFL teams' use of advanced metrics has been hotly debated in recent years. Three-time Super Bowl winner and FOX Sports NFL analyst Mark Schlereth weighed in on the debate. Schlereth, who played in the NFL long before analytics were introduced, expressed his distaste for the usage of metrics. "There's one thing for me. It's the analytics people. … (They) become gospel," Schlereth said during a recent appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me w/ Dan Dakich." "Because you take those numbers, and you can make them say whatever you want. … And the average fan thinks that becomes gospel. They don't understand how the game works, so this is a way you can basically go, 'OK, let me put my thumbprint on this' the air yards per target or whatever bulls--- they're feeding you as an analytics number-crunching nerd." All 32 NFL teams had a designated analytics employee on their staffs last season. ESPN anonymously surveyed each of those staffers in 2024 to learn more about how teams used analytics. Some teams lean more into analytics than others, while some general managers' backgrounds could make them more prone to take an analytics-first approach. The survey received 22 responses. The findings named the Cleveland Browns as the No. 1 NFL franchise to incorporate analytics most frequently when it comes to making decisions on football-related matters. Browns general manager Andrew Berry holds a master's degree from Harvard in computer science. Berry works with Paul DePodesta, the Browns' chief strategy officer. Before joining the Browns, DePodesta worked in the front office of multiple MLB teams and appeared in the film "Moneyball." Schlereth also recalled a time when he had a heated debate over the usage of analytics. "I got into an argument with a guy that was extolling the virtues of going for two points every time. …. So, I asked the guy, 'Let me ask you a question, how many two-point plays do you think we go into a given (game) with?'" Schlereth then said two plays were the standard when he played. He proceeded to explain how his teams would practice the plays and the coach's approach to implementing any of the plays in a game. "You have no idea how the game works. You have no idea what we talk about. You have no idea how we practice. You have no idea the number of plays we have in or how we run those plays or what we're trying to exploit." Schlereth described analytics as "fluff." "The analytics don't mean anything in football. It's just a bunch of fluff to make us feel important, like we as 'analytics analysts' really know what we're talking about."
Fox News
18 hours ago
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Super Bowl champ Mark Schlereth rips analytics use in NFL
Former Denver Broncos lineman Mark Schlereth tees off on analytics during an appearance on OutKick's 'Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich.'
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Schlereth: Why the Broncos Could Win the Super Bowl
FOX Sports' Mark Schlereth tells Rich Eisen if the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and breaks down which top teams could also be vying for the Lombardi trophy this season.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
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Giants Must Cut Russell Wilson Now, Says Brutally Harsh Insider
Giants Must Cut Russell Wilson Now, Says Brutally Harsh Insider originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Quarterback Russell Wilson is new to the New York Giants, but his status as an NFL veteran justifies him being at the top of the depth chart ahead of rookie Jaxson Dart, backup Jameis Winston and local folk hero Tommy DeVito. Advertisement Logical. Right? Nope, not to three-time Super Bowl champion and current NFL analyst Mark Schlereth, who knows Wilson from his rough time with the Denver Broncos and who is now expressing the belief that Giants head coach Brian Daboll should make a major change in that pecking order. How major? "The Giants should cut Russell Wilson and start Jaxson Dart," Schlereth said during a recent appearance on the FS1 "Breakfast Ball" program (h/t And yes, Schlereth seems serious here. His logic is Broncos-related. Denver moved on from Wilson after two rough years and then drafted QB Bo Nix as the 12th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. Advertisement Nix guided the Broncos to a playoff berth as a rookie and now seems on the verge of stardom. "You start your rookie and you go with the growing pains and you understand that you're not going to the playoffs right now," Schlereth opined. "I think it's just time to rip off the Band-Aid and say, 'Jaxson Dart, you're our guy.'" With all due respect to "Stink'' - who paid his dues in the league and now in the media - we can't see how it's time now to "rip off the Band-Aid.''' Wilson's one-year salary here is a paltry $11 million ... and if you cut him, you eat a dead-money punishment of $10 million. So cutting him is a brutally harsh take and is absurd. Advertisement Starting Dart? Coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen might want to, or might need to, get there eventually. But now? They have virtually no idea what Dart is. What's really at the core of this? Schlereth's media platform is based in Denver. He won two of his three Super Bowls as a Bronco. His vision of Wilson is therefore shrouded in orange ... which should have nothing to do with whether Russell Wilson should be on the field or on the roster or in the New York unemployment line. Related: NFL Insider Says Giants' Daboll Should Be 'Furious At Being Set Up To Fail' This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 28, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
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Three-time SB champion excited for Aaron Rodgers-led Steelers: 'He's going to tear it up'
Aaron Rodgers definitely has his fair share of doubters heading into the 2025 season — but three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth isn't one of them. On a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show, Schlereth touched on the Jets' inefficient run game and Rodgers' lingering injuries, then explained how great the future Hall of Fame QB looked at the end of the 2024 season: Advertisement "Toward the end of the season, when I dug through the three games that I always watch as I'm prepping — I'm breaking down the coach's film, three games — I was like, 'Damn, Aaron can play,'" Schlereth said. "And then I'm watching him pregame on Sunday morning, and pregame I'm watching him throw the football versus the way a bunch of 25-year-olds throw the football — and it's like varsity versus JV. That dude can still rip it. … If [Rodgers] is healthy, and you've got [the Steelers run game], mixed with that play-action game, he's going to tear it up." The Jets had the second-worst rushing offense in terms of yards last season — and while OC Arthur Smith made it clear the Steelers didn't acquire Rodgers and DK Metcalf to "run the wishbone," the four-time MVP should have a drastically better running game to work with in 2025. For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X @TheSteelersWire and give our Facebook page a like. This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers' Aaron Rodgers receives high praise from 3-time SB champion
