NFL’s New Focus: PFF Data Will Power Player Performance and Salary Decisions

Khalil Mack puts a hit on Nick Foles in last season’s NFC wild-card playoff game. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Monday, July 29, 2019 – A roundup of some of the key sports technology stories you need to know, including SportTechie’s own content and stories from around the web.

NFL teams will leverage data from Pro Football Focus to make decisions regarding player performance and salary. Earlier this month, PFF teamed with Amazon Web Services to bolster its data tracking capabilities. “We’re taking all this data and we’re throwing it into these massive computer systems and it’s starting to come out with breakdowns on which positions are the most valuable, how much should they be paid, how…