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Michael Lopez
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Michael Lopez
@StatsbyLopez
Data & Analytics @NFL, with stops at Skidmore (Asst Prof), Brown (PhD), UMass (MS), and Bates (Math, 🏈)
Joined March 2012
- Using @NextGenStats ball tracking data, Justin Tucker's game winning field goal crossed the upright with a y-coordinate (width of field) of 26.52. The exact middle of the field is y= 26.67 That is, if the uprights were half a yard wide, the kick would have still been good
- Here are the path's that Patrick Mahomes (top) and Tom Brady (bottom) took before pass attempts in shotgun during tonight's #SuperBowl Red: complete White: incomplete
- Roughly 15 Ravens players converged on the Titans logo after Marcus Peters' interception -> Fastest to logo: Anthony Levine (#41, 17.9 mph), Anthony Averett (#23, 17.7 mph) -> Big men moving: Derek Wolfe (#95, 15.2 mph), Pernell McPhee (#90, 14.4 mph) #RavensFlock
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I know a lot of people who regret getting the vaccine. Don’t know anyone who regrets not getting it.- Michael Pierce reached 15.0 mph on this pressure. Second fastest speed he's reached this year. Equivalent pace -- 4 minutes per mileI was rooting Michael Pierce on
00:00 - Where the 4 championship Sunday quarterbacks released their passes from in 2020, using @NextGenStats football tracking data #BUFvsKC #TBvsGB
- Female sprinters will overtake male sprinters in 2156. Eventually both genders will run the 100m dash in no time at all.
- Replying to @StatsbyLopezSum of Mahomes distance traveled: 468 yards Sum of Brady distance traveled: 37 yards Hah holy shit
- Replying to @StatsbyLopezIt's not just this kick -- Tucker is always pure down the middle. Here's @DataWithBliss's plot from two years ago. Tucker leads the league in middle-of-the-upright accuracy operations.nfl.com/gameday/analyt…
- The 2021 NFL season set modern day records in: 4th-and-1 go for it rate (69%) 4th-and-2 go for it rate (39%) 4th-and-3 go for it rate (19%) Two point conversion attempt rate (11%) The revolution arrived and it was on your television
- NFL kickers today: 37-yd FG 29-yd FG 36-yd FG 24-yd FG 31-yd FG 48-yd FG (force OT) 57-yd FG (game-winner) 47-yd FG 39-yd FG (force OT) 12-12 on extra points. No misses. Insane.
