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Introduction
Letter from Michelle McKenna, SVP and CIO of the NFL
What are the odds?
Opening story
What happened?
The data behind the stat
The factors
How is Completion Probability calculated?
The mechanics
How does Next Gen Stats calculate Completion Probability?
The formula
How the machine learning models are trained
The journey
The NFL's machine learning journey
The problem
Why machine learning?
The end results
Measuring the impact
Ready for more?
Taking machine learning beyond the end zones
Get in the game
Resources
Glossary
More stats
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