This is intended as a high-level overview to advanced box scores, the work of Bill Connelly at ESPN. Interested in learning more? Check out Football Study Hall, and/or read some of our previous advanced stats-y works: here, here, and here.
The humble football box score has not changed in the better part of a century. We’ve developed newer, fancier, and more digital ways to display it, yes — but the content has been as bland and basic as a bowl of unflavored oatmeal.