Moneyball is much more than a set of commandments about how to build a team, a talk-radio euphemism for stuff "Real Football Guys" hate or an excuse for going 1-31 for two seasons.
Moneyball—or analytics (a more accurate, less loaded term)—informs everything the NFL does these days, from running a trick play on 4th-and-goal in the Super Bowl to—you guessed it—deciding who to draft and when.
Analytics are, like, the air we breathe during draft season, dude. And this primer will catch you up on some of the mathematical models and trends that are determining your team's draft strategy and its future.