NFL Play By Play Analysis

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  • Advanced NFL Stats has released the play by play data of the 2002 season.
  • The author performed a quick analysis of the data using Hive and MapReduce to look at incomplete passes.
  • The code used for the analysis is available on the author's GitHub account.
  • The author created two graphs showing the most incomplete passes from a QB to a receiver and the same data averaged out over the number of seasons they played together and ordered by the highest average.
  • The author updated the analysis to include the 2010 data.

Advanced NFL Stats just released the play by play of the 2002 season on.

I some quick analysis of the data using Hive and MapReduce and decided to look at incomplete passes. The code is here on my GitHub account.

 

incompletes

Most incomplete passes from a QB to a receiver.

incompletesorderedbyaverage

Most incomplete passes from a QB to a receiver averaged out over the number of seasons they played together and ordered by the highest average.

incompleteswithseason

Update: Added in 2010 data.

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