Beginning with the MLB’s introduction of Statcast, the sports world seemed to realize just how incredible tracking technology could be in the acquisition of never-before-known statistics.
The NFL has responded with their own “Official On-Field Player Tracking Provider,” Zebra Technologies, and will place radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in the shoulder pads of every player this season in order to attain data that will go into the NFL app on Xbox One and Windows 10 systems, according to Wired’s Tim Moynihan.