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The Taekcast

Ep. 40 - The Next Generation Of NFL Stats w/ Keegan Abdoo from Next Gen NFL

The Taekcast

Davis Mattek

Fantasy Sports, News, Sports News, Sports

4.9808 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

www.patreon.com/taekcast Keegan Abdoo from NFL Next Gen Stats joins the podcast to discuss expected completion percentage, expected yards after the catch, machine learning, how the NFL is beginning it's own data revolution the way all other major sports have and much more. In the 42-episode history of the show, this is easily the most informative one. Sponsors: DailyRoto.com Promo: JANIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:13.2

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0:23.6

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0:47.2

Thank you. Hello everyone and welcome to the Tatecast. My name is Davis-Matic. You can find me on Twitter at Davis-Matic. I am here with what I am comfortable saying is the best episode to date of the show.

0:54.9

This interview that I conducted with Kagan Abdu from NFL Next Gen Stats is easily the most informative

1:01.8

and most illustrative example of what this podcast is all about learning, about figuring out

1:08.9

why things happen.

1:10.7

And I really think that all of the listeners to this show

1:15.0

will appreciate what Kagan has to say,

1:17.8

his path to getting where he is in life.

1:20.5

I mean, this dude is a grinder.

1:23.5

And honestly, if you have negative feedback to this episode,

1:27.1

I would be shocked. If you do to this episode, I would be shocked.

1:29.1

If you do like this episode, of course, please leave a rating and review on iTunes.

1:33.6

And there's actually a second half of this show that is on the Patreon only.

1:38.8

If you want to listen to it, there will be a link to it in the description to this show.

1:43.9

Of course, the Patreon exists. You can support it. Whatever will be a link to it in the description to the show. Of course, the Patreon exists.

1:46.7

You can support at whatever dollar level you want at the $5 a month level. You get every episode

1:52.3

ad free. You get at least one bonus episode per week. There has been three bonus episodes

1:58.3

this week as you are listening and best of all you help out

2:02.9

your boy but after a quick advertisement we are going to get right into the show

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