NFL’s Next Gen Stats — Completing Its 10th Season — Has Changed How the Game Is Watched and Played

NFL’s Next Gen Stats — completing its 10th season — has changed how the game is watched and played

SAN FRANCISCO — Anyone watching Caleb Williams’ desperation fourth-down touchdown pass in the Chicago Bears’ divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams knew how improbable a play it was. Quantifying that was a different story. That’s when the NFL’s Next Gen Stats stepped in. Within minutes after what officially went down as a 14-yard touchdown landed in Cole Kmet’s hands, the answer was all over social media. The pass traveled 51.2 air yards…

10 years of NFL Next Gen Stats has changed how the game is watched and played

SAN FRANCISCO — Anyone watching Caleb Williams’ desperation fourth-down touchdown pass in the divisional round knew how improbable a play it was. Quantifying that was a different story. That’s when the NFL’s Next Gen Stats stepped in. Within minutes after the 14-yard touchdown landed in Cole Kmet’s hands, the answer was all over social media. The pass traveled 51.2 air yards for the longest throw in the red zone on record. Williams retreated so …