From Wired:
[Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Coach Mike] Pettine isn't too worried about the missed blocks. He's more concerned with his strategy for the September 11 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts. After the drills, Pettine heads to his office, plops down at his PC, and fires up the game analysis software that connects him to the Ravens' massive database of NFL and team practice footage. Within seconds, he has access to 6 terabytes of hi-res video - every single minute of pro football since the start of the 2003 season. What's more, most of the plays - some 120,000 in all - are annotated with statistics and keywords, making the archives easy to search.(snip)
The software is just one of the more than $2 million worth of innovative coaching tools implemented by Brian Billick, who was hired as head coach in 1999 when the team was among the worst in the NFL. Billick has something most of his peers lack: an appreciation for technology. He believes that 0s and 1s are as useful to game prep as Xs and Os. "When I got here, some of my coordinators didn't even know how to turn on a computer," Billick says. "But you let these guys loose, and it's incredible what they'll generate."
How long before the NFL figures out a way to monetize this?
But color one Arizona Cardinals fan unimpressed:
Yep Billick has been doing stuff like that for years, he was one of the early pioneers in using stats in conjunction with film and notes to chart tendencies of opponents and successes of your own team.And yet he still traded a first round pick so he could move up and take Kyle Boller.
And the congregation says amen! Thanks to reader Dave Smith for the pointer.
Aaron Rodgers should sue Kyle Boller for a few million. Boller’s suckiness without doubt took Rodgers down about 20 picks in the NFL draft this year. The taint of Cal?