Data & Analytics @NFL, with stops at Skidmore (Asst Prof), Brown (PhD), UMass (MS), and Bates (Math, 🏈)
Joined March 2012
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Counts as a run play. Given St Brown's speed at moment of catch/handoff), 10 expected rush yards given the @NextGenStats / Big Data Bowl model
ARZ LT on the board (h/t @connorlhughes) xitter.gq/connorlhughes/status/2…
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‼️ - @OrlandoPace_HOF 🌰
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If any folks see any pancakes (blocker blocks a player to his back) during today’s games, send me a DM with game, player, quarter and time!
You would be contributing the the nfl league office’s statistical modeling efforts!
👑 @TeganAshby_ has been in the WNBA for a fortnight and is already winning titles and celebrating on the court (photo cred, @CausalKathy)
The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat
With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help
Introducing: Pancake Week
1/4
Some inspiration from yours truly: a sample pancake for @Bates_Football in a 2003 game against Colby (center #59).
Perhaps not the most devastating block of all time, but enough to draw the Colby coaches' ire (audio on)
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Next week, we'll post pancake block stats, heat maps, and other high level summaries. Appreciate all the help and support as we try to bring offensive linemen metrics to the next level
Tagging @MBandNFL @KeeganAbdoo @NextGenStats for help, too
4/4
Former hockey blogger @EricTulsky won the 2026 Stanley Cup as an NHL GM and former baseball blogger @dturkenk just won the World Series as an SVP.
Good, smart people who made a difference in the public domain and rose up with the first pro club to give them a chance.
LFG
Stoked for @dturkenk (current SVP of Strategy and Innovation) and the Brewers analytics team.
This is just a sample of their crew.
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Luck dashboard thru w7.
Most impactful plays:
- GB dropped lead-changing TD pass with 3:30 left in Q4 (+36.3% for DET)
- ARI dropped lead-changing TD pass with 14:24 left in Q2 (+25.7% for DEN)
- IND missed game-tying 48 yd FG with 4:27 left in Q4 (+20.5% for MIN)
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A bit late, but I do want to boost this competition, 2 years ago I was interviewing pretending to be passionate about linked lists and B2B SaaS and I now wake up getting to watch and think about sports for a living. Incredibly grateful to Dr. Lopez, Ally, Tom and the rest of the team for giving me this opportunity… 🧵
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These Protectors had notable performances in Week 6!
Who has been the most impressive so far?
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This is a VERY sweet way to both show observed data and the "shrunken" (estimated talent) data
I don't think I've ever seen that before?
Let me tag a few interested folks @Stat_Ron @StatsbyLopez @SchuckersM
Here's a post where I talk about the process of writing a baseall research paper using Claude:
baseballwithr.wordpress.com/…
