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Complete navigation for the Football Analytics Textbook. Browse all 45 chapters organized by topic, plus resources and tools.
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Part I: Foundations and Data Infrastructure
Chapter 1: Introduction to Football Analytics
Chapter 2: NFL Data Infrastructure
Chapter 3: nflverse and nflfastR
Chapter 4: Data Wrangling
Chapter 5: Data Visualization
Part II: Offensive Analytics
Chapter 6: Offensive Basics
Chapter 7: Passing Analytics
Chapter 8: Rushing Analytics
Chapter 9: Expected Points Added (EPA)
Chapter 10: Success Rate
Chapter 11: Play Calling Analytics
Chapter 12: Offensive Efficiency
Part III: Defensive Analytics
Chapter 13: Defensive Basics
Chapter 14: Coverage Analysis
Chapter 15: Pass Rush Analytics
Chapter 16: Run Defense
Chapter 17: Defensive Metrics
Chapter 18: Scheme Analysis
Part IV: Special Teams and Situational Football
Part V: Game Theory and Strategic Analytics
Chapter 22: Fourth Down Decisions
Chapter 23: Two-Point Conversions
Chapter 24: Clock Management
Chapter 25: Win Probability
Part VI: Personnel Decisions and Player Evaluation
Chapter 26: Player Evaluation
Chapter 27: Draft Analytics
Chapter 28: Salary Cap
Chapter 29: Roster Construction
Chapter 30: Coaching Metrics
Part VII: Advanced Technical Methods
Chapter 31: Machine Learning for NFL
Chapter 32: Bayesian Methods
Chapter 33: Computer Vision
Chapter 34: Tracking Data
Chapter 35: Simulation Models
Part VIII: College Football Analytics
Part IX: Organizational Implementation
Chapter 39: Organizational Analytics
Chapter 40: Communicating Analytics
Chapter 41: Analytics Department
Chapter 42: Case Studies
Part X: Future Directions and Emerging Topics
Quick Links by Topic
For Sports Bettors
EPA - The key betting metric
Fourth Down - Coach decisions
Win Probability models
Building betting models with ML
Betting EV Calculator
For Fantasy Football
Target share & air yards
RB analytics & workload
Player evaluation metrics
Draft analytics for dynasty
Fantasy projection tools