Second-guessing an NFL coach on whether he should have gone for it or kicked on fourth down is one of the great pastimes of watching the sport. Now the league is turning to Amazon Web Services and Next Gen Stats to better inform the armchair quarterbacking by fans and broadcasters. AWS and the NFL announced a new stat called NGS Decision Guide on Wednesday that will be used during the 2021-22 season. Using a series of machine learning models, the equation focuses on win probability — how much the game will change in the hypothetical event of each outcome —… Read More
Fans might not be able to engage in football by attending NFL games in person at the start of the upcoming season, but they can dive deeper into the sport thanks to new Next Gen Stats powered by Amazon Web Services. AWS and the NFL are debuting six new insights into player and team performance in time for the season kickoff on Thursday between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs. The league previously announced the stat Expected Rush Yards, which was born out of the Big Data Bowl analytics competition, and is intended to reveal how many yards a… Read More
Football fans wondering whether the next handoff to a running back could be another Beast Quake have another stat to track thanks to Next Gen Stats, the platform powered by Amazon Web Services. The new stat, called Expected Rush Yards, was born out of the National Football League’s Big Data Bowl, a data analytics competition which focused on the run game this year and sought to answer the question, “When an NFL ball carrier takes a handoff, how many yards should we expect him to gain on the play?” According to Amazon, more than 2,000 people participated in the open-source… Read More
