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The Big Data Bowl competition: Q&A with the NFL

The National Football League (NFL) continues to evolve on and off the field. One of the biggest shifts in recent years is the league’s commitment to using data and technology to improve the sport. Amazon Web Services (AWS) supports this commitment as the NFL’s partnership with AWS continues to deepen. The Big Data Bowl exemplifies […]

AWS and NFL’s new special teams Next Gen Stat is ready for kickoff

The newest advanced metric tackles the hidden dynamics of punt and kickoff returns. The NFL Next Gen Stats team is here to give us the inside scoop. We have all witnessed a returner getting tackled a nanosecond after receiving a punt or kickoff. Holding onto the ball, let alone gaining a chunk of yardage, is a […]

NFL Next Gen Stats Expected Punt and Kickoff Return Yards: Q&A with the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab

In this post, get a behind-the-scenes look from the Amazon Machine Learning (ML) Solutions Lab team on how the new Expected Return Yards stat from NFL Next Gen Stats was developed. Give us the main idea behind Expected Return Yards and how it came together. In collaboration with AWS over the last five years, the […]