With the National Football League (NFL) back tonight, love seeing Seattle Seahawks analyst Brian Eayrs and coaches across the league using new Copilot and Excel tools to help with decision making in… | Satya Nadella | 95 comments
Why do I do it? It's a good question. I always dreamed that I could someday make it to the NFL. I was a backup backup backup quarterback. But that probably wasn't my path forward. My dad was a director of research and development for the Minnesota Vikings. And I followed him to work every day I could. One of the things he told me is that a lot of people are fighting to be in charge, but there���s a real value to being a great assistant. There's an art and a science to football. The analytics task is to make sure the science is the best in the world. So I always ran towards technology. (Patrick, have you thought about our fourth down model today?) With Copilot in Excel, I can see plays, snap count, personnel, and anticipate like never before. It's a fresh perspective on how to see the game. You might not feel that it's a huge role. But it is. We're very grateful that we get Excel in the coach's box. Brian's the right hand man, to all things football information. Now we're able to keep track of things digitally. Coach, you with me? Being in my ear, explaining the situation that he anticipates. How we said we were gonna act to them. He's my number one guy in game decision making. He's kind of the man behind the scenes. I've been dreaming of winning a Super Bowl since I was six years old. The moment that it all actually hit me was when I saw my last name on Super Bowl ring. It felt like my dad and I somehow connected in the space of NFL greatness. It was an incredible moment.