Bill Barnwell

Barnwell began his sportswriting career while a student at Northeastern University as an intern for Football Outsiders, a football statistics and analysis website.{{cite web | last=Leitch | first=Will | title=Are the Jets a Disappointment This Season? Bill Barnwell From Football Outsiders Breaks Down the Numbers | website=New York Magazine | date=2019-07-16 | url=https://nymag.com/daily/sports/2011/01/talking_jets_with_football_out.html | access-date=2025-02-17}}Barnwell, Bill [http://grantland.com/the-triangle/j-j-and-the-bench/ Bareatime!] Grantland. March 22, 2016[http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings/2011/site-news-bill-barnwell-says-goodbye SITE NEWS: Bill Barnwell Says Goodbye] Football Outsiders. March 22, 2016 He remained at Football Outsiders until 2011 when he was brought on to write at Grantland, a sports and pop-culture website started by Bill Simmons in affiliation with ESPN.{{cite web | last=Biasotti | first=Tony | title=Bill Simmons is leaving Grantland. Can the site survive without him? | website=Columbia Journalism Review | date=2011-06-08 | url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/bill_simmons_is_leaving_grantland_can_the_site_survive_without_him.php | access-date=2025-02-17}} At Grantland, Barnwell frequently wrote columns about the National Football League, including coverage and analysis of the NFL draft, free agency, salary cap, coaching strategy, rule changes, and prop bets.Tannenbaum, Rob [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/bill-simmons-big-score-20140429 Bill Simmons' Big Score] Rolling Stone. March 22, 2016McGeady, Andy [https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/a-good-run-grantland-it-was-wonderful-while-it-lasted-1.2416015 A good run, Grantland? It was wonderful while it lasted] Irish Times. March 22, 2016Davis, Scott [http://www.businessinsider.com/atlanta-falcons-have-submarined-2015-12 One of the NFL's hottest teams at the beginning of the season has completely fallen apart] Business Insider. March 22, 2016 While at Grantland he also wrote about the NBA, UFC, Premier League and sabermetrics, and frequently appeared as a guest on The B.S. Report.Soper, Taylor [http://www.geekwire.com/2016/secrets-sports-analytics-top-athletes-coaches-execs-explain-importance-analyzing-data/ Secrets of sports analytics: Top athletes, coaches, execs explain importance of analyzing data] GeekWire. March 22, 2016Alvidrez, Julia [http://deadspin.com/5977187/the-bs-report-report-get-it-on The B.S. Report Report: Get It On] Deadspin. March 22, 2016 Barnwell, along with fellow Grantland writer Robert Mays, hosted the Grantland NFL Podcast from August 2013 until October 2015, at which point ESPN announced that it was ending the publication of Grantland.Augustine, Bernie [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/espn-pulls-plug-grantland-site-founded-bill-simmons-article-1.2417990 ESPN eliminates Grantland, says site founded by Bill Simmons will no longer publish ] New York Daily News. March 22, 2016{{cite web |url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/ |title=ESPN Statement Regarding Grantland |publisher=ESPN MediaZone |date= |accessdate=March 22, 2016 |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030233234/http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/ |url-status=dead }}Shephard, Alex and Mark Krotov [https://newrepublic.com/article/123312/eulogy-grantland A Eulogy for Grantland] The New Republic. March 22, 2016 Prior to Grantland's closure, the Grantland NFL Podcast missed several scheduled release dates over a period of two weeks without public explanation, leading to speculation that Barnwell and Mays may have been engaged in a dispute with interim editor Chris Connelly.Dietsch, Richard [https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/10/20/si-media-podcast-james-andrew-miller-grantland-espn SI Media Podcast: Featuring guest James Andrew Miller] Sports Illustrated. March 22, 2016

Regarding football analysis, Barnwell frequently cites a team's DVOA.Barnwell, Bill [https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/barnwell-grades-free-agent-deals/story?id=37630763 Barnwell grades free-agent deals] ABC News. March 22, 2016 While working at Football Outsiders, Barnwell developed a metric called Speed Score, which uses an individual football player's weight and 40-yard dash time at the NFL scouting combine to predict future performance.Trapasso, Chris [http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24820901/chiefs-raiders-the-most-important-stats-to-know-for-week-12s-tnf-game Chiefs-Raiders: The most important stats to know for Week 12's TNF game] CBS Sports. March 22, 2016Tomlinson, Sean [http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2454916-how-david-johnson-will-inject-life-in-arizona-cardinals-run-game How David Johnson Will Inject Life in Arizona Cardinals' Run Game] Bleacher Report. March 22, 2016Barnwell, Bill [http://grantland.com/the-triangle/reexamining-2008-nfl-draft-class-running-backs/ Revisiting, Revising, and Reexamining the 2008 Class of RBs] Grantland. March 22, 2016 In fourth down situations, Barnwell has written that football teams are unlikely to be as aggressive as they should be, arguing that average win probability usually goes up when a team elects not to punt.Hansen, Barrett [http://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2015/01/4th-down-strategy-punt-go-for-it-or-try-the-hard-count/ 4th Down Strategy: Punt, Go for It, or Try the Hard Count?] Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. March 22, 2016

In 2015, he assumed full-time writing duties at ESPN.com.

Barnwell has written about his struggles with depression and body image. He lost 125 pounds in 2015.Frauenfelder, Mark [https://boingboing.net/2016/01/05/how-espn-writer-bill-barnwell.html How ESPN writer Bill Barnwell lost 125 pounds last year] BoingBoing. March 22, 2016Barnwell, Bill [https://medium.com/@billbarnwell/the-easiest-way-to-lose-125-pounds-is-to-gain-175-pounds-b4fca27ffcc5#.4ku8rd6bj The Easiest Way to Lose 125 Pounds Is to Gain 175 Pounds] Medium. March 22, 2016

He is a fan of the New York Giants, but acknowledges that he also "worships" Tom Brady.Barnwell, Bill [http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-debut-of-our-nfl-preview-podcast-series-with-bill-barnwell-and-robert-mays/ The Debut of Our NFL Preview Podcast Series with Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays!] Grantland. March 22, 2016

• [http://grantland.com/features/cashing-new-moneyball/ "Cashing In on the New Moneyball"]
• [http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-marriage-between-stats-and-football/ "The Marriage of Stats and Football"]
• [http://grantland.com/features/knowing-time-leave-sin-city/ "Leaving Las Vegas"]
• [http://grantland.com/features/bill-barnwell-theory-momentum-football/ "Nomentum, Part 1"]
• [http://grantland.com/features/2014-nfl-trade-value-part-1-50-assets/ "NFL Trade Value, Part 1"]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080915010410/http://search.espn.go.com/bill-barnwell/ ESPN's list of Bill Barnwell articles]
• [https://twitter.com/billbarnwell Bill Barwell on Twitter]

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