nflreadr 1.5.1

Small bug fixes and hard deprecation of {qs} support to comply with CRAN issues.

• load_teams() now accepts the argument file_type and respects the option "nflreadr.prefer".
• nflverse_releases() and nflverse_download() now correctly work with tag names to find releases. (#296)
• Stopped support of file_type "qs" and the deprecated the related function qs_from_url() because the underlying package qs has been removed from CRAN on 2026-01-17. Since the dependency is archived qs_from_url() will error. Please stop using it and make sure to change option(nflreadr.prefer) to one of "parquet", "rds", or "csv". (#303)
• most_recent_season() (and its aliases get_latest_season() and get_current_season()) now flip the switch to the new season on Wednesday following Labor Day (used to be Thursday) as NFL announced that the 2026 season will kick off on Wednesday because the TNF game will be played in Australia. (#307)

Thank you to @AbhuTyagi, @gacolitti, @guga31bb, @Ic4ru5Wing, @isaactpetersen, @joeflan, @JoeMarino2021, @joshuafayallen, @mrcaseb, @nromano2, @patrickconners2334-glitch, @tanho63, and @TheMathNinja for their questions, feedback, and contributions towards this release.

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