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@mrcaseb mrcaseb released this 27 Nov 07:17
v5.0.0
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Major Changes

  • Added new function calculate_stats() that combines the output of all calculate_player_stats*() functions with a more robust and faster approach. The calculate_player_stats*() function will be deprecated in a future release. (#470)
  • Added new exported dataframe nfl_stats_variables. It lists and explains all variables returned by calculate_stats(). A searchable table is available at https://www.nflfastr.com/articles/stats_variables.html. (#470)

Bug Fixes and Minor Changes

  • Drop {crayon}, {DT}, {httr}, {jsonlite}, {qs} dependencies. (#453)
  • The function calculate_player_stats_def now returns season_type if argument weekly is set to TRUE for consistency with the other player stats functions. (#455)
  • The function missing_raw_pbp() now allows filtering by season. (#457)
  • More robust handling of player IDs in decode_player_ids(). (#458)
  • Fixed rare cases where the value of the yrdln variable didn't equal "MID 50" at midfield. (#459)
  • Fixed rare cases where drive_start_yard_line missed the blank space between team name and yard line number. (#459)
  • Fixed play description in some 1999 and 2000 games where the string "D.Holland" replaced the kick distance. (#459)
  • Fixed a problem where the goal_to_go variable was FALSE in actual goal to go situations. (#460)
  • Fixed a bug in fixed_drive and fixed_drive_result where the second weather delay in 2023_13_ARI_PIT wasn't identified correctly. (#461)
  • punter_player_id, and punter_player_name are filled for blocked punt attempts. (#463)
  • Fixed an issue affecting scores of 2022 games involving a return touchdown (#466)
  • Added identification of scrambles from 1999 through 2004 with thank to Aaron Schatz (#468, #489)
  • Updated the dataframe stat_ids with some IDs that were previously missing. (#470)
  • nflfastR tried to fix bugs in the underlying pbp data of JAX home games prior to the 2016 season. An update of the raw pbp data resolved those bugs so nflfastR needs to remove the hard coded adjustments. This means that nflfastR <= v4.6.1 will return incorrect pbp data for all Jacksonville home games prior to the 2016 season! (#478)
  • Fixed a problem where clean_pbp() returned pass = 1 in actual rush plays in very rare cases. (#479)
  • Removed extra lines for injury timeouts that were breaking fixed_drive (#482)
  • The variable penalty_type now correctly lists the penalty "Kickoff Short of Landing Zone" introduced in the 2024 season. (#486)
  • Fixed a bug where ep was incorrect on PAT attempts preceded by a timeout and then a penalty (extremely rare). This bug also caused the variables total_home_epa and total_away_epa to be incorrect for all subsequent plays in the same game. (#493)

Thank you to
@ahmed-cheema, @andrewtek, @guga31bb, @isaactpetersen, @JoeMarino2021, @john-b-edwards, @marcusSasser, @mlounsberry, @morganandrew, @mrcaseb, @mscoop16, @parsnipz, @rjthompson2, and @Useight for their questions, feedback, and contributions towards this release.

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