Alright folks, let me tell you about this little project I tackled. I was curious about Josh Allen’s stats when playing in the snow. It’s been bugging me for ages, ya know? So, I decided to dive in and see what I could dig up.
First things first, data gathering. I started by scouring the internet. I mean, I was all over the place, checking out ESPN, *, Pro Football Reference – the usual suspects. I wanted to get my hands on game logs for all of Josh Allen’s games, and specifically, I needed to identify the ones where it was snowing.
The problem? No easy “snow games” filter. Ugh. So, I ended up manually going through game descriptions, looking for keywords like “snow,” “snowy,” “blizzard,” you get the drift. It was tedious work, but hey, gotta do what you gotta do.
Once I had a list of potential “snow games,” I then had to double-check the weather reports for those specific dates and locations. I used a combination of weather history websites and even some old news articles to confirm if it was actually snowing during the games. Trust me, some of these descriptions were…exaggerated.
Okay, so now I had my list of confirmed snow games. Next up: data extraction. I went back to Pro Football Reference and pulled the individual game stats for Josh Allen in those games. Passing yards, completion percentage, touchdowns, interceptions, rushing yards, all that good stuff. I copied and pasted the data into a spreadsheet.
Time for some crunching! With the data neatly organized, I started calculating averages. Average passing yards in snow games versus his overall career average. Completion percentage differences. Touchdowns per game. I wanted to see if there were any significant deviations from his normal performance.
It was a lot of back and forth, double-checking my numbers, making sure I hadn’t made any stupid mistakes. Spreadsheets can be tricky, ya know?
After hours of fiddling around, I had some preliminary results. I won’t bore you with all the specific numbers (unless you really want them!), but basically, I saw some trends. His completion percentage tends to dip a bit in the snow, which isn’t surprising. But his rushing yards? They actually seem to go up in some of those games. Interesting, right?
But here’s the thing: I’m not a professional statistician. So, take my findings with a grain of salt. It’s just a fun little project I did out of curiosity. I’d definitely need more in-depth analysis and way more data to make any definitive claims.
Anyway, that’s the gist of it. A lot of manual data gathering, spreadsheet wrangling, and good old-fashioned curiosity. Was it worth it? Absolutely. I learned a thing or two, and I got to geek out about football stats. What’s not to love?
What did I learn? Manual data gathering is a PAIN. Also, cleaning data is like 80% of the work! But hey, at least now I kinda know what Josh Allen does in the snow!
