Tennessee Titans believe in analytics

You need to understand that the Tennessee Titans believe in analytics.

I am not in the front office with Jon Robinson and the Tennessee Titans brass. But, we all know someone who was for nearly two decades: Blake Beddingfield.

Beddingfield had great staying power with the Titans, becoming a rock for four head coaches and four general managers in his time with the team.

He and the Titans recently decided to part ways which is a shame because by all accounts, Beddingfield is a great guy and a smart scout.

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However, the Titans loss is the fans gain because he was finally available to really tell detailed info on what happens behind closed doors with the front office. If you haven’t checked it out, check the interview out here with the Midday 180.

To reduce anything he said to just one of two points is a disservice to his excellent story telling ability. One thing that stood out was when he was asked if the Titans subscribe to Pro Football Focus.

He said they did.

Now, it doesn’t hurt to have as many data points as you possibly can. The neat thing is that when you probe a little deeper you see just how much the Tennessee Titans really do believe in analytics.

It is no secret to anyone that follows me that Jon Robinson has a type at cornerback. In my Jon Robinson cornerback formula article, I predicted that Robinson would love Adoree Jackson.

Out of 30 cornerbacks that I measured he ended up being ranked 6th behind: Cam Sutton (injuries), Damontae Kazee (small and lacked top end speed), Tre White, Jourdan Lewis (off the field), and Sidney Jones (injured).

It probably ended up being between White and Jackson in the first round and Beddingfield actually talked about how Jackson’s impressive special teams skills gave him something that other CBs didn’t have.

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Enough about cornerbacks, where else does Jon Robinson use analytics? Well, a safe guess would be on the offensive line. Jim Cobern (follow him now) recently made a video about how the Titans have one of the most athletic lines in the NFL.

He has praise in that video for all the starters and even predicted the success of Quinton Spain pre-draft. So when he tells me Corey Levin was a great pick, I believe it.

Rotoviz would suggest that tight end is another place you can look. They called Jonnu Smith the best tight end that no one is talking about, and they have analytics to back all of that up.

Finally, if you needed any more proof that the Tennessee Titans value analytics check out what the MMQB had to say about the Titans in a recent story chronicling how each team uses or doesn’t use analytics:

“GM Jon Robinson has set this up very much in the image of the Patriots’ operation—scouts and coaches are responsible for integrating data into the work. And the belief in Nashville holds that the data has been effective in making the personnel staff and coaches more efficient, and creating a backstop against decisions when the scouting and analytics don’t match up. So are they believers? Enough so to the point where two scouting assistants with analytics backgrounds were recently hired.”

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I am completely sold that analytics are a big part about the Titans front office evaluations. How far that extends I don’t know, but I can tell you that they think long and hard about what the analytics say about a player before they sign or draft him.

Maybe Tennessee Titans fans should start looking at the numbers a little bit more from now on.

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