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Podcast: The Football Analytics Show by The Power Rank and Ed Feng
Episode: Kevin Cole on recapping the 2025 NFL draft
Description: Kevin Cole, founder of Unexpected Points and former senior data scientist at PFF, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include: Does the draft matter in predicting the 2025 season? (1:54). Analytical draft grades based on surplus value (6:37). The asymmetry of a steal versus a reach (8:44). A team with a successful draft (11:28). A team with an awful draft (18:16). The interesting aspect of Shadeur Sanders (22:37). Detroit Lions (31:47). The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and...