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Michael Lopez

@StatsbyLopez

Data & Analytics @NFL, with stops at Skidmore (Asst Prof), Brown (PhD), UMass (MS), and Bates (Math, 🏈)

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Joined March 2012
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Mean or median?
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Tom Bliss@DataWithBlissNov 3
Luck dashboard thru week 8. Most impactful plays: - ARI missed XP at end of Q4 (+29.3% for DAL) - GB dropped TD pass with 1:56 left in Q2 (+20.3% for CAR) - PHI missed FG with 9:01 left in Q4 (+18.3% for WAS)
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High school soccer is wrapping up for the state of Connecticut. Seedings should be announced in the coming days, and our power rankings are live on the CT rankings site nitter.gq/GametimeCT/status/2098…
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NFL analytics executive helped create Connecticut's new CIAC soccer tournament formula ift.tt/sDBla3o #ctbsoc
NFL analytics executive helped create Connecticut's new CIAC soccer tournament formula

NFL analytics executive helped create Connecticut's new CIAC soccer tournament formula

NFL data analyst, whose daughter plays high school soccer, helped the CIAC develop a new tournament formula.

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Girls rankings ciac.fpsports.org/Tournament… Boys rankings ciac.fpsports.org/Tournament… Predictions for conference championship games, held today and tomorrow #ctgsoc #ctbsoc
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Lots of followers out there grinding NFL film today. Reminder: if you see a pancake, share the info with us, as we're building a complete list across Week 8 nitter.gq/StatsbyLopez/status/21…
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The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help Introducing: Pancake Week 1/4
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Are we tracking this as one 🥞 or 🥞 🥞?
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@WeAreBigGuysNov 1
Froholdt was literally dribbling Caleb Downs 💀
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Counts as a run play. Given St Brown's speed at moment of catch/handoff), 10 expected rush yards given the @NextGenStats / Big Data Bowl model
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@RyanPaganettiNov 1
Let’s go!!!
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ARZ LT on the board (h/t @connorlhughes) nitter.gq/connorlhughes/status/2…
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@connorlhughesNov 1
Replying to @StatsbyLopez @MBandNFL @KeeganAbdoo @NextGenStats
DAL vs ARI. 1Q 08:15, ARI #66.
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‼️ - @OrlandoPace_HOF 🌰
Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) profile pictureMichael Lopez@StatsbyLopezOct 29
The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help Introducing: Pancake Week 1/4
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Tom Bliss@DataWithBlissNov 1
If any folks see any pancakes (blocker blocks a player to his back) during today’s games, send me a DM with game, player, quarter and time! You would be contributing the the nfl league office’s statistical modeling efforts!
Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) profile pictureMichael Lopez@StatsbyLopezOct 29
The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help Introducing: Pancake Week 1/4
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Katherine Evans@CausalKathyNov 1
Congratulations to the Valks and my girl, @TeganAshby_
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"What has sports analytics ever won?"
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Still winning, this time in the PWHL
Thibaud Chatel (@Thibaud_Chatel) profile pictureThibaud Chatel@Thibaud_ChatelMay 21
Replying to @quarkyhockey @hunterofstats
Nerds don't win cups apparently.......
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👑 @TeganAshby_ has been in the WNBA for a fortnight and is already winning titles and celebrating on the court (photo cred, @CausalKathy)
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Hungry for some pancakes this half
Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) profile pictureMichael Lopez@StatsbyLopezOct 29
The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help Introducing: Pancake Week 1/4
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The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help Introducing: Pancake Week 1/4
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Some inspiration from yours truly: a sample pancake for @Bates_Football in a 2003 game against Colby (center #59). Perhaps not the most devastating block of all time, but enough to draw the Colby coaches' ire (audio on) 3/4
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Next week, we'll post pancake block stats, heat maps, and other high level summaries. Appreciate all the help and support as we try to bring offensive linemen metrics to the next level Tagging @MBandNFL @KeeganAbdoo @NextGenStats for help, too 4/4
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Former hockey blogger @EricTulsky won the 2026 Stanley Cup as an NHL GM and former baseball blogger @dturkenk just won the World Series as an SVP. Good, smart people who made a difference in the public domain and rose up with the first pro club to give them a chance. LFG
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Stoked for @dturkenk (current SVP of Strategy and Innovation) and the Brewers analytics team. This is just a sample of their crew.
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Tom Bliss@DataWithBlissOct 27
Luck dashboard thru w7. Most impactful plays: - GB dropped lead-changing TD pass with 3:30 left in Q4 (+36.3% for DET) - ARI dropped lead-changing TD pass with 14:24 left in Q2 (+25.7% for DEN) - IND missed game-tying 48 yd FG with 4:27 left in Q4 (+20.5% for MIN)
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Tom Bliss@DataWithBlissOct 27
How do teams position themselves in a huddle? Using player tracking data, here’s a look at the median position for each player in a huddle for each team’s most common offensive lineup.
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