The Athletic previews the NFL season team by team
The Athletic’s Sheil Kapadia uses TruMedia’s research platform and expected points added (EPA) model as he previews the season for each NFL team:
“Now we get to the biggest reason for his dropoff: negative plays. Mayfield produced a negative play (sack, fumble or interception) on 10.8 percent of his snaps. That ranked 26th out of 32 starters. According to TruMedia, Mayfield’s EPA on interceptions ranked 41st out of 42 quarterbacks — ahead of only Jameis Winston. His EPA on sacks ranked 35th. The negative plays absolutely crushed him and the Browns offense.”