Some news and notes for this morning:
1) A pretty good article came out last week by Jonathan Jones on CBSSports.com, which highlighted the NFL’s increase in data collection on the football field, pointing out how much that segment has grown and the possibilities that are still untapped from that technology.
Things have gotten to the point now where there’s a sensor the size of a nickel weighing 4 grams that’s placed into the bladder of a football, which measures height and velocity, as well as RPMs. This information is tracked on every single throw and every single game and the extent of where things have already gone in the eight years the league has been doing it has really shown how much progress they’ve made.