PFF - How to use Pro Football Focus for IDP purposes (1 Viewer)

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FBG mods, feel free to kill this if you want. I'm not trying to sell people on PFF over FBG, but I understand.

I have a PFF sub. I read the IDP recap every week, which is an incredible resource... but I don't do much else there. How do others in IDP land use PFF's info?

 

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How I use it on Mondays and Tuesdays:

I go to https://www.pff.com/analyst/jonathon-macri and see what Macri has written. Around 1 PM ET on Mondays, his IDP report for the previous weekend's games comes up. I go through it team by team and note the following - if I see surprises, I check Macri's notes in that article, then Norton's Guru notepad, then google if I don't have the answer:

• DT: Just look for snap percentage for my players and anyone above 80% who should be on the waiver watch.
• DE: Same
• LB: Verify all my LBs are still full time. Watch for surprise full time guys and find out why.
• S: Note snap percentage and deep safety %. This is slightly flawed since DL snaps for safeties aren't much better than deep snaps, but it's a super fast way to see how often they're close to the line. Note for all my players, look for surprises.
• CB: Check Wide Corner %, look for guys below 60% and check their snap share. Ideally, I find 100% snap, 0% wide guys... but mostly I find 60/0 or 100/40. I prefer the latter.

I re-check on Tuesday around 1 PM ET to catch the MNF teams.

 

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I recently found https://premium.pff.com/nfl/players/2025/REGPO - search for a player in the upper right and get their snap locations week by week and season to dat overall. There's also a toggle to see it in even more detail, but that's beyond what I can figure out how to use.

That's it. How do other people make PFF useful for them?

 

[bro1ncos]

Been debating a PFF membership specifically for IDP purpose. Nice to know what I can expect.

 

[Gally]

Been debating a PFF membership specifically for IDP purpose. Nice to know what I can expect.

What is the cost of the PFF membership?

ETA: $120/yr if you pay yearly. Over double if you pay monthly.