I wrote a paper with Michael Lopez examining rest differential in the NFL. Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2408.10867

Through the first two weeks of the preseason, 78% of kickoffs are being returned. We’ll continue to evaluate through the season, but the early results of the new dynamic kickoff are promising. Read more: bit.ly/3Xhbjb5

Accoring to Next Gen Stats, Thomas Odukoya ran 162 yards on this play to save a TD. Teaching tape at all levels!

Updated NFL analytics staffer list! As always, this is to the best of my understanding based on both what teams list and conversations with analytics folks around the league.

Using play by play data from the last two Pro Bowls, one can recreate traditional football analytics metrics such as expected points and expected completion percentage for flag football. Below are plots of the model results. More details on my blog: datawithbliss.com/#/analyzing-nf…

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Saquon told me last week he expects more opportunities to make plays in space this year with Eagles vs. last year with Giants. Per Next Gen Stats, D'Andre Swift had league-high 4.9 expected yards per carry with Philly in '23. Saquon: 3.5, second lowest of 48 eligible rushers.

This initial email list of NFL team analytics staffers had 65 recipients. Today, 172 x.com/StatsbyLopez/s…

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Dynamic kickoffs in the '24 preseason featured a 70.5% return rate (+15.7% from last yr) and an avg drive start from the 28.8 (+4.4 from last yr). Kickoff teams had the most success when the ball landed from the 1-5 yard line. More in the Extra Point: operations.nfl.com/gameday/analyt…

🏈 Big plays 📈 Increased returns Our Data & Analytics team has done a deep dive into all 49 games and 420 Dynamic Kickoffs from the preseason. Dig in to the data ahead of #Kickoff2024 on the Extra Point Blog: ops.nfl.com/4cQT80i

Here is the distribution of receiving team field position (after returns) by kickoff land spot this preseason. Generally, the deeper the kickoff, the worse the field position.

A near linear trend in the wild. The deeper the kickoff, the worse the avg field position on Dynamic Kickoff returns. Roughly, each two yards deeper of a kick ~ one yard worse drive start x.com/DataWithBliss/…

The dynamic kickoff rule brings new excitement for players and fans this season. Hear what players have to say about the new rule and how it will impact strategy and how teams approach the play: bit.ly/3AMUmfV

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Chiefs & Ravens First Half Tendencies 📝 Kansas City Chiefs Offense: 95.0% motion (20 of 21), highest rate by any offense in a game since 2018 Baltimore Ravens Defense: 6.3% blitz rate (1 of 16), lowest by BAL defense in a game since 2018 #BALvsKC | #ChiefsKingdom | #RavensFlock

Center Creed Humphrey's max speed on Xavier Worthy's end around TD was 14.69 MPH, according to Next Gen Stats. Only Worthy, Noah Gray, Malik Harrison and Marcus Williams had a faster top speed on this play.