CoachO
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The way I usually use the PFF stats is to provide reality testing and quantification for players where there are not a lot of stats to help quantify. It helps me have rational discussions with people about we think. E.g. the following are topics I've discussed (refuted) using PFF stats to support my comments:
It sometimes makes me think twice about what I think:
- Kendall Langford was a bust, another terrible FA acquisition from TN.
- Jake Long has been terrible at pass blocking and ok at blocking in 2013. Nothing left!
- Rodger Saffold should be moved back to T to replace Long.
- Robert Quinn is a one trick pony and sucks against the run.
- Joe Barksdale must be the worst RT in the game. After all, the Raiders with all their OL problems simply cut him.
- Courtland Finnegan still has something in the tank. We need his veteran presence!
It tells me about players I don't know well
- How good is Joe Barksdale?
- How good of a blocker is Harkey?
- Is Davin Joseph recovered?
- Was Kuechly really deserving of the DPOY award?
To each his own,, and more power to you. But for me, I would rather watch the game, and break down the tape myself and form my own opinions. Maybe I am just old school enough, and have watched enough game tape in my lifetime, to trust my own eyes over someone sitting in front of a computer screen thousands of miles away from the game, without any more knowledge than the average fan, publishing things as if they are somehow the official keeper of all that is the NFL.