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It doesn't work like that in practice. Football is very dependent on matchups. Coaches will vary gameplans from week-to-week to exploit weaknesses they see on f
by fleaflicker 14y ago
It doesn't work like that in practice. Football is very dependent on matchups. Coaches will vary gameplans from week-to-week to exploit weaknesses they see on film.
- kaliblack 14y agoAgreed. Also, assuming you could create a successful predictive model the advantage would be short term. All coaches would hop on the bandwagon.
- pseut 14y agoHow optimistic of you.
- dude_abides 14y agoMatchup would be a part of the model. My experience with predictive modeling in various domains has taught me that people tend to underestimate how predictive they are (NFL offensive/defensive coaches are no exception).
- lftl 14y agoI'm interested in doing some predictive modeling for a couple of project ideas I've been kicking around. Are there any specific resources you would recommend as good starter material?
- jpeterson 14y agoIt could still be useful for finding tendencies, though.
- zachgemignani 14y agoVisualization of rushing tendencies using this very data http://labs.juiceanalytics.com/spider/index.html http://labs.juiceanalytics.com/spider/index.html