Tools of the Trade—DOUG & RYOE

The latest newsletter from KCSN Sports Data Scientist, Joseph Hefner.

This week, in my series previewing various data sites where you can go for advanced stats and analysis, I’m previewing two sites at once. DOUG is a website where you can query various QB stats. RYOE is a metric for running backs (rushing yards over expected), and there’s a shiny app that does a fantastic job of displaying the data in a variety of ways.

We’ll start with DOUG. DOUG (Designing Outstandingly Unique Graphics) is a shiny app built by @Doug_Analytics on Twitter. This app is designed to allow you to compare QB statistics across the NFL. You can make a scatterplot, bar chart, or a weekly line graph with it. You can filter out QBs that don’t meet a specific play threshold, so you don’t get a ton of backup QBs that occlude the chart.