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PFF seems to be getting a lot of flak lately. Imho, PFFs biggest problem is the people who MIS-use their stats.
E.g. this just in:
From what I've seen, people who rail against PFF don't really understand what they do, and the reason they don't like PFF is anecdotally, because of articles (like the Rams @ #31 article or the Rams D at #22 article) which base their conclusions on PFF stats where the conclusions don't pass the sniff test.
Any stat can be mis-used, but I'm not abandoning YPC, QB rating or Rec/Target any time soon.
E.g. this just in:
- Adrian Peterson is the 12th best running back in the league (12 / 48 in YPC)
- Tom Brady is the league's 17th best QB (17 / 37 in QB rating, Bradford is 11)
- Calvn Johnson is the league's 132nd best receiver (132 / 151 in catches / targets, Givens is #151 btw)
- It didn't consider the relative value of the positions
- It didn't consider the depth of the rosters
- It didn't consider improvement over the year (disfavors the Rams and their young / evolving roster)
- It didn't consider strength of opponent (which is true of all PFF stats but is also true of pretty much any NFL stat, but this really disfavors the Rams)
- It didn't consider strength of teammates (which is true of all PFF stats but is also true of pretty much any NFL stat)
- does anyone here think they can come up with a ranking of the best LTs in the league? Sorted by best run blocking? Pass blocking? Overall? Which players are ascending or descending year over year or even within the season?
- can you provide evidence that shows where Saffold plays better, G or T?
- can you provide evidence that shows if Davin Joseph over his injury?
From what I've seen, people who rail against PFF don't really understand what they do, and the reason they don't like PFF is anecdotally, because of articles (like the Rams @ #31 article or the Rams D at #22 article) which base their conclusions on PFF stats where the conclusions don't pass the sniff test.
Any stat can be mis-used, but I'm not abandoning YPC, QB rating or Rec/Target any time soon.