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There hasn't been a pro football encyclopedia on the market since 1999, which is a little surprising when you consider the tremendous popularity of the game. Pete Palmer and I have been talking about producing a new one since the summer of 2000, and this year we finally have our chance. Pete has spent several years working with researcher Ken Pullis to develop a new statistical database, based on an exhaustive game-by-game reconstruction of the historical record. What we've ended up with is the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date football database ever compiled. There are several new features in this book, things that haven't been published anywhere before. The encylcopedia also incorporates some of my analytical work, based on my compilation of play-by-play accounts for games back to 1960. The biggest advance of all might be the price -- Barnes & Noble is selling the book for as low as $17.96. Compare that to the $59.95 cover price for the last edition of Total Football, and you'll see why we're excited about bringing this book to market. more...

My annual Pro Football Prospectus was described by ESPN.com as a "paradigm-shifting work," and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman called it "one of the most comprehensive evaluations on the market." I created this series in 2002, as a spinoff from the succesful and popular Baseball Prospectus brand. We had a hard time attracting the same kind of following for pro football that those folks developed for baseball, partly I think due to a lack of support from the publisher. It's hard to market a book as a fantasy football guide when it doesn't hit the store shelves until after most fantasy drafts have been completed. Still, there is some good work in the three editions of this book published each summer from 2002 until 2004. (The book was published with the title "Pro Football Forecast in its 2004 edition).