On this episode of the Off The Charts Football Podcast, Matt Manocherian (@mattmano) and Mark Simon (@MarkASimonSays) are joined by Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez), the Director of Football Data and Analytics for the NFL.

This week:

• Michael discusses his role with the NFL and what he’s working on now (0:47)
• Gives an overview of Next Gen’s evolution (6:07)
• Talks about using data to evaluate the game of football (7:24)
• Gives the stat he likes the most (17:06)
• Talks about the process of presenting data (26:16)
• Mentions the Big Data Bowl (29:14).
• Alex Vigderman (@VigManOnCampus) of the SIS Research Team then joins Matt to react to what Michael had to say (30:58).