There are a lot of things that Pro Football Focus does well. That might be tough for some of you to read, but it’s true. The issue is, what they’re best at is objective data processing. And I did find one of their more recent articles interesting in this regard, even if I ignored their analysis and conclusion stemming from the data.
In an effort to attempt to access the success or failure of the 2021 NFL Draft class through computational and historical data, the site compiled a chart demonstrating the positions at which teams allocated the most resources over the course of the past five drafts, with a couple of data points sticking out to me with regard to the Pittsburgh Steelers and their use of draft capital.