Pro Football Prospectus 2008: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football Season (Paperback)

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“[The] bible for superfans and fantasy football leaguers”
—The Boston Globe

“A book that any self-respecting NFL fan needs to purchase.”
—Bill Simmons, ESPN.com

“Exhaustive, enlightening, surprising in many cases, and an absolute must-read if you like the NFL.”

—Peter King, Sports Illustrated

Product Description

The most authoritative and innovative guide to professional football is back for an all-new season with more cutting-edge statistical analysis, obsessive film study, and trademark humor.

Building on a winning record of accurate predictions, the 2008 annual includes comprehensive coverage of all 32 NFL teams, analysis of off -season personnel changes, and exclusive forecasts for where each team will finish the 2008 season. With statistics for more than 500 skill players along with commentary and KUBIAK projections forecasting their 2008 fantasy football numbers, Pro Football Prospectus is an outstanding and reliable resource for fantasy players, Monday-morning quarterbacks, and die-hard fans everywhere.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Plume; 2008 edition (July 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452289734
• ISBN-13: 978-0452289734
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #308,838 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has it flaws, but still good., July 16, 2008

By	J. Willis - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Football Outsiders/Pro Football Prospectus is the best thing going as far as public football analysis.

This edition needed a more thorough editing job. It abounds with typos, transposed numbers and missing negative signs.

Additionally, the authors make a fair ammount of errors. Correlation and causation are confused, conclusions are drawn from questionable sample sizes, context and interrelatedness of statistics aren't considered strongly enough. In the text-heavy portions, it seems that the FO team tries to "force" analysis and discussion instead of approaching their subject with the detachment of scientists.

That said, at times the analysis is superlative and there is great data in here from the charting of NFL games from the last few seasons.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Football by the Numbers, July 9, 2008

By	Sean D. Harvey "Author: One Moment Changes E... (San Francisco, Ca.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One Moment Changes Everything: The All-America Tragedy of Don Rogers
Of all the books that rely on statistical information to be applied in a useful way (fantasy football), Pro Football Prospectus is, to me, the very best. It doesn't seem as easy to use as the baseball version, but at over 500 pages, it's incredibly heavy on the stats, which are listed in numerous ways, then compared and analyzed dispassionately (you won't believe the ways they use statistics to uncover who is undervalued, and who is overvalued). It covers every team, and every player. Strengths, weaknesses, injuries. It all helps make FF drafts easier than some of the similar books now available (though, admittedly, I haven't seen them all). The fact that PFP 08' is the first one available this summer doesn't hurt. Once you get used to it, it's easy to reference, meticulously organized and, of course, heavy on the nuts and bolts, (but paper-thin on the glitz). If you just want to win arguments, or want information about a particular player's personal life, it's too heavy for you. If you want information on just your favorite team, there are better places to get it (media guides, for one). It really is only for ultra-serious, intense fans of the game, and, of course, FF players. For roughly $15.00 online, how can you go wrong? I haven't seen anything else on the market that comes close.
--Sean D. Harvey

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Football Annual, August 1, 2008

By	Edward W. Gross "Eddo" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the second straight year I've purchased Pro Football Prospectus, and it does not disappoint. There's the usual in-depth analysis of each team as well as a fantasy breakdown of just about every player you can reasonably expect to get playing time. The various essays that look further into certain players, teams, and trends are superb as well. This year, Football Outsiders added a "year in quotes" feature that had me laughing out loud.