fantasy_points_ppr variable in load_player_stats() function doesn't include ST points

[SCasanova]

There are point disparities between what load_player_stats() reports as PPR fantasy points and official numbers for unaccounted special teams plays. For example 2020 AJ Brown shows 210.4 points instead of 216.4 points due to the missing onside kick recover TD

[guga31bb]

Yep CeeDee Lamb had one of those too. Comparing with this leaderboard, we're 6 points short for both:

nflfastR::load_pbp(2020) %>%
    dplyr::filter(week <= 17) %>%
    nflfastR::calculate_player_stats() %>%
    dplyr::mutate(
        ppg = fantasy_points_ppr / games
    ) %>%
    filter(games > 5) %>%
    # only keep the WRs
    inner_join(
        nflfastR::fast_scraper_roster(2020) %>% filter(position == "WR") %>% select(gsis_id),
        by = c("player_id" = "gsis_id")
    ) %>%
    dplyr::arrange(-ppg) %>%
    dplyr::select(player_name, recent_team, games, fantasy_points_ppr, ppg) %>%
    dplyr::filter(recent_team %in% c("DAL", "TEN"))

# A tibble: 10 x 5
   player_name recent_team games fantasy_points_ppr   ppg
   <chr>       <chr>       <int>              <dbl> <dbl>
 1 A.Brown     TEN            14              242.  17.2 
 2 A.Cooper    DAL            16              237.  14.8 
 3 C.Davis     TEN            14              191.  13.7 
 4 C.Lamb      DAL            16              212.  13.2 
 5 M.Gallup    DAL            16              173.  10.8 
 6 A.Humphries TEN             7               57.8  8.26
 7 C.Wilson    DAL            10               51.6  5.16
 8 K.Raymond   TEN             8               27.4  3.42
 9 C.Batson    TEN             9               30    3.33
10 N.Brown     DAL             9               29.8  3.31