pro-football-reference.com redesign

[SmootSmack]

Is there a feature that lets you compare players by looking at their stats side by side?

Otherwise, really great work with this site overall. The information is invaluable.

[onlydarksets]

My original post was reactionary - you've put a lot of effort into creating the preeminent NFL stats site out there, and the effort is appreciated (I've updated the OP). Still, I think the dual-column format of the main page is confusing, especially since it's really a dual-row/dual-column format (row 1 has the header; row 2 has the historical in column 1 and the current in column 2). It's also confusing that the header layout is different on the home page than on every other page.

I'd prefer to have 3 rows. I just think it would make more sense.

• Row 1: header
• Row 2: current standings
• Row 3: historical links

No worries on the speed - it takes time, and I think most people understand that. That said, I think you have the right idea to yank the ads until the speed issue gets resolved. It's better than losing the clicks for a couple of months because people go elsewhere.

[That Guy]

on this page:
Clinton Portis Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

clinton portis's Y/G are messed up (says 277.3 Ypg in washington and 193ypg in denver, which are at least double the yearly ypg, which, of course, makes absolutely no sense). Same issue with receiving yards. career seems right, but the team breakouts are way off.

not sure if that page is wrong or it applies to other pages, but it seems kinda weird.

btw, i do love your site's info... finding stats on the old guys is soo hard elsewhere.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by That Guy

on this page:
Clinton Portis Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

clinton portis's Y/G are messed up (says 277.3 Ypg in washington and 193ypg in denver, which are at least double the yearly ypg, which, of course, makes absolutely no sense). Same issue with receiving yards. career seems right, but the team breakouts are way off.

not sure if that page is wrong or it applies to other pages, but it seems kinda weird.

btw, i do love your site's info... finding stats on the old guys is soo hard elsewhere.

just bumping, years not dividing correctly, not fixed as of yet.

[sforman71]

Originally Posted by That Guy

just bumping, (yards/games) not dividing correctly for teams, not fixed as of yet.

We got that fixed. Thank you for the reminder.

[onlydarksets]

It's almost right - it's just not dividing by the number of years.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

UPDATE: The owner of PFR weighed in below with more info on the new layout. Turns out I may have been a bit reactionary. It's not "awful" (sorry about that), but it does need some tweaking till it's as usable as the old version.

Anyone seen the new site? It's awful. It takes forever to load, and it's too cluttered now.

Pro-Football-Reference.com - Professional Football Statistics and History

I like the new player pages better than the old ones, but it's a pain in the ass to navigate to them.

Not sure about the rest of you, but my load times are extremely fast. I do have a fast computer, but I have not had any troubles...I don't mind to new look either.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Not sure about the rest of you, but my load times are extremely fast. I do have a fast computer, but I have not had any troubles...I don't mind to new look either.

There was initially a problem with the ads taking forever to load (10+ seconds). It does appear to be fixed now.

[mheisig]

Looks like the navigation and header got a little reworking too - definitely an improvement.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by mheisig

Looks like the navigation and header got a little reworking too - definitely an improvement.

I'll second that - consistency is nice!

[billyharless]

I love it! keep up the good work.

[That Guy]

looking a lot better. keep it up!

[htownskinfan]

thank goodness for websites like profootball reference.com,there used to be another one up to about a couple yrs ago then it just dissappeared,I think it was called profootball statistics.com,but it was great,I liked it better than any site I've seen. It had the teams logos and what their helmets looked like through the yrs,I wish that site was still around.I cant believe the nfl doesnt have their own website with all the stats,what the hell is wrong with them? and I think elias sports bureau knows everything,they need a website also

[MTK]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

thank goodness for websites like profootball reference.com,there used to be another one up to about a couple yrs ago then it just dissappeared,I think it was called profootball statistics.com,but it was great,I liked it better than any site I've seen. It had the teams logos and what their helmets looked like through the yrs,I wish that site was still around.I cant believe the nfl doesnt have their own website with all the stats,what the hell is wrong with them? and I think elias sports bureau knows everything,they need a website also

Here's a similar site that has a nice collection of helmets through the years:

The Helmet Project

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Here's a similar site that has a nice collection of helmets through the years:

The Helmet Project

thanks for the info,but thats not the main reason I liked the other site,that was just one of the aspects of it.From what I remember it had more info and better navigation than profootball reference