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What's the most interesting conclusion you were able to find using the advanced data that you wouldn't be able to see with the basic stats like QBR or yards per
by Cyclone_ 5y ago
What's the most interesting conclusion you were able to find using the advanced data that you wouldn't be able to see with the basic stats like QBR or yards per carry?
- CoolAssPuppy 5y agoI was suuuuper curious about the fastest player on the field (i.e., in full pads on game day), and the play-specific data includes acceleration as one of its data points. Miranda on our team (co-author of the post) dialed up a query to show the top 3, one of whom is Tyreek Hill. (The other two don’t play that much)
- CoolAssPuppy 5y agoShould add, I’m a big fan of all the football metrics providers and follow them all religiously during the season. The NFL dataset we found isn’t as comprehensive, but it’s still really fun!
- Maven911 5y agoWhat are some of the other football data providers
- CoolAssPuppy 5y agoIt’s not time-series data, but my favorite is Pro Football Focus: https://www.pff.com/subscribe https://www.pff.com/subscribe If the NFL made its data available weekly, you could probably join it with PFF data for some interesting insight. There’s a ton of power in joining time-series metrics with purely relational data.