injury update line removal

nflverse · Sep 6, 2024 · 305922f · 305922f
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diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: nflfastR
 Title: Functions to Efficiently Access NFL Play by Play Data
-Version: 4.6.1.9013
+Version: 4.6.1.9014
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Sebastian",
              family = "Carl",

diff --git a/R/helper_scrape_nfl.R b/R/helper_scrape_nfl.R
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ get_pbp_nfl <- function(id,
     dplyr::filter(
       !(is.na(.data$timeout_team) & stringr::str_detect(tolower(.data$play_description), "timeout at|two-minute"))
     ) %>%
+    # Data in 2024 pbp introduced separate "plays" for injury updates
+    # These mess up some of our logic. Since they are useless, we remove them here
+    dplyr::filter(
+      !(is.na(.data$timeout_team) & stringr::str_detect(tolower(.data$play_description), "\\*\\* injury update:"))
+    ) %>%
     fix_posteams()
 
   # fix for games where home_team == away_team and fields are messed up