NFL Derby 26-27
Open it: https://jasondchew.github.io/nfl-derby-26-27/
Follow the 2026-27 NFL season as a horse race. All 32 teams run week by week, and you can watch who pulls ahead, who fades, and how each game moved them.
What you can do
- Play the race from Week 1, or drag the slider to any week.
- Choose what "best" means. Rank teams by wins or by point differential (points scored minus points allowed). The leader often changes depending on which you pick.
- Follow your team. Their lane lights up and the highlights switch to their season so far.
- See who moved. Each week, a strip above the race shows the biggest climber, the biggest drop, and who's on top.
- Read the highlights. Every game gets its biggest moments, like a turnover that set up a touchdown or the play that turned the game. Each one shows how much it changed the team's chance of winning (for example 38% → 71%) and links to a search for the clip and to the full game recap.
- Look ahead. "Games to watch" lists the next week's matchups with kickoff times and the betting-line favorite, closest games first.
- New to football? Terms like turnover, interception and 4th down are underlined. Hover or tap for a plain-English explanation.
- Hover or tap any team for its record, point differential and last result.
Always current
The page updates itself every morning during the season. A scheduled GitHub Action pulls the latest results and play-by-play from nflverse, rebuilds the page, and publishes it. No one has to touch it.
Run it yourself
pip install -r requirements.txt
python fetch_data.py
python build_race.py
Then open docs/index.html. To track a different season, change SEASON at the top of both scripts.
| File | Job |
|---|
fetch_data.py | Downloads the schedule, team colors and player names into data/ |
build_race.py | Works out each week's standings, writes highlights from play-by-play, and fills race_template.html into docs/index.html |
.github/workflows/refresh.yml | Runs both scripts every morning and publishes any changes |
Highlights are built from recorded play data (players, yards, how much each play changed the odds of winning), so every sentence traces back to a real play.
Data: nflverse, CC-BY 4.0. Not affiliated with the NFL.
Built with Claude Code as a fun way to follow the season.
