02-24-2022, 04:30 PM
(02-24-2022, 03:49 PM)Whatever Wrote: You're asking people to take a lot on faith when you shoot down sources that graded Bates negatively, say only the coaches can really evaluate him, then say very smart football minds say there will be big issues if he isn't retained. Any way we want to look at it, Bates has played one year at an elite level, is coming off the worst year of his career, and wants Top 5 money. His play level has swing wildly up and down every year since he was drafted. It's very hard to justify.
That’s because PFF bends the truth on their every player every play claim, especially when it comes to coverage, but also is loose at times at who is qualified to grade things. When I talk to really smart football minds it’s people who’ve been tied to the NFL who watch a lot of tape from a team perspective. I think PFF is a great place for advanced stats but grades you must be VERY VERY careful with. I once talked to a scout who told a story about their grades on a player in a game who was graded really high by PFF was trash because he wasn’t doing what they asked him to do and he fluked into a couple plays because the QB made some dumb decisions.
When people say every team uses PFF it’s a bit misleading, every team uses their advanced stats basically none of them use their grades that fans like to quote.
