Release nflfastR 4.4.0 · nflverse/nflfastR

New Functions, Options, Data

Added new function calculate_standings() that computes regular season division standings and playoff seeds from nflverse data.
The database function update_db() now supports the option "nflfastR.dbdirectory" which can be used to set the directory of the nflfastR pbp database globally and independent of any project structure or working directories.
The embedded data frame ?teams_colors_logos has been updated to reflect the most recent team color themes and gained additional variables for conference and division as well as logo urls to the conference and league logos. (#290)
The embedded data frame ?teams_colors_logos has been updated with the Washington Commanders. (#312)

The argument qs in the functions load_pbp() and load_player_stats() has been deprecated as of nflfastR 4.3.0. This release removes the argument entirely.

Fixed bug where a player could be duplicated in calculate_player_stats() in very rare cases caused by plays with laterals. (#289)
Fixed a bug where the function add_xpass() failed when called with an empty data frame. (#296)
Fixed a bug where play_type showed no_play on plays with penalties that don't result in a replay of the down. (#277, #281)
Fixed a bug in the variable descriptions of total_home_score and total_away_score. (#300)
fast_scraper_rosters() and fast_scraper_schedules() now call nflreadr::load_rosters() and nflreadr::load_schedules() under the hood (#304)
Fixed a bug causing missing EPA on game-ending turnovers in overtime
Bump minimum nflreadr version to 1.2.0 for data repository change
Fix a bug affecting yardline for a very small number of plays in the 2000 season (#323)
update_db() now uses a default play to predefine column types for all db drivers. (#324)
Fix a bug that resulted in incorrect xyac_mean_yardage on 4th downs (#327)
Fix a bug that resulted in missing xyac information for plays involving J.O'Shaughnessy (#329)
Fix a bug that resulted in missing epa on the last play of some games involving NE and BUF (#331)
fast_scraper() and build_nflfastR_pbp() now return data frames of class nflverse_data to be consistent with nflreadr.
Fix behavior of EP model in neutral site games (treats both teams as away teams)