New post! @timbryan000 uses text analysis to explore the NFL draft.
There's a lot of really interesting/useful stuff here, including a dataset of scouting reports and analysis of linguistic variation.
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2023-07-…
Using publicly available data and open-source code, I wrote (!) about constructing NFL draft curves and explained why top picks aren't as valuable as we think they are (if they aren't being used on a quarterback)
On @Open_Source_FB: opensourcefootball.com/posts/2023-02-…
New post! @jacklich10 looks at penalties in the NFL.
2 big things stand out:
--> Offenses have more control over penalties than defenses
--> Some types of penalties carry more predictive power than others
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2021-01-…
New post!
@adrian_stats homefield advantage in the NFL over time, finding it to be greatly diminished in the most recent two seasons
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2021-01-…
New post!
@RichJand demonstrates the use of tidyModels to predict rush/pass decisions and looks at which teams have rushed or passed more than expected
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2020-09-…
New post!
@mikeyirene creates an Expected Field Goal metric, finding the all-powerful Justin Tucker No. 1 in field goals made above expected
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2020-09-…
New post!
@reinhurdler takes a look at actual and expected fantasy points for receivers in 2019 using where players were targeted.
And look at this gorgeous table!
opensourcefootball.com/posts/2020-08-…
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