Football analyst Aaron Schatz quoted Taylor Swift when responding to a vicious attack from Stephen A. Smith.
Schatz selected Josh Allen and Dak Prescott ahead of the Ravens’ quarterback, and was the only one of 50 voters who did not unanimously choose Lamar Jackson as MVP.
Without mentioning Schatz by name, Smith went after voters who disrespected Jackson on ESPN’s “First Take” on Friday.
“It was a stupid home run vote by that guy. He was probably scared to go back to the locker room if he had voted against Josh Allen,” Smith said.
“That would jeopardize everything. You have to be objective when you vote. And the writer – I don’t know who the hell he was – but it’s embarrassing.”
Mr. Schatz appeared to respond to Mr. Smith on Friday morning. Tweet Taylor Swift lyrics“It’s me, hello, I’m the problem, it’s me.”
In a column published after the end of the regular season In January, Schatz explained the statistical basis for ranking Allen ahead of Jackson in All-Pro voting.
Schatz likely founded Football Outsiders, which publishes an annual yearbook that is a must-read in preparation for the NFL season and developed the DYAR and DVOA metrics, tools useful for quarterback and overall power rankings. , is thought to be more responsible for the spread of analytics in football. team.
One of Football Outsiders’ long-standing axioms states that total starting percentage and complete game success rate are statistically the most important factors when predicting whether a college quarterback will succeed in the NFL. In the NFL Draft, Brock Purdy would have revealed himself as a much better prospect than the last overall pick.
Schatz left Football Outsiders last year and joined FTN.
