The data that NFL teams have on the league’s players is about to be increased in a big way.
According to a report, NFL teams will have access to data from the players on their teams, as well as the NFL’s other 31 teams.
“The NFL’s Competition Committee recently signed off on a plan to release in-game player-tracking data on every NFL player to all 32 teams, and it’s anticipated the league will begin releasing the data this spring, people with knowledge of the plan told NFL.com on Thursday,” Tom Pelissero of NFL.com reported. “These people spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan had not yet been communicated to clubs, which had access to data only on their own players the past two seasons.”
Pelissero added that “The plan is to send league-wide data from 2016 and ’17 to every team beginning in mid-April, and teams will receive the league-wide data on a weekly basis during the 2018 season.”
Quite simply, this should be a scout’s dream. It should not only increase the information that the scouts have, but should also make the scouting process simpler.
This should also be the dream of front office personnel. The extra data could go a long way in deciding which free agents NFL teams pursue.