Decision for 4th downs based on expected points — expected_pts

This function will return the expected points for several 4th down decision. The options are "go for it", "field goal", or "punt". This should be primarily used within the `NFLSimulatoR::sample_play()` function.

expected_pts_fourth(yards_from_goal, yards_to_go, play_data)

Arguments

yards_from_goal: The number of yards until a team scores a touchdown
yards_to_go: Number of yards to go until a first down or TD
play_data: A data file from nflscrapR prepped using the prep_pbp_data.R function

Value

A data.frame of the expected points of three fourth down options

Examples

if (FALSE) {
expected_pts_fourth(what_down = 1,
                      yards_to_go = 10,
                      yards_from_own_goal = 25,
                      play_by_play_data = reg_pbp_2018)
}