PFF Grades - Week 14

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(12-13-2022, 07:34 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I think in the main you are correct.  But I am gonna quibble with a couple of the "missed" tackles.  Like drops, I think those get mischaracterized a lot. A couple of CTB's were plays where he made the tackle but failed to get the guy short of the stick, or had to really gamble to try & stop him short. I don't really consider either type of play a missed tackle. 

On the first, you bring the guy down. Or help to. That is not a miss.  On the second, you could play it safe and make a tackle, but doing so gives up a first. So instead, you go for broke to try to force a punt.  In most cases, that's the smart play.  Unless you are last man or give up a huge chunk as a result of the gamble, that is the play I want him to make. From memory I can put 2-3 plays of CTB in the second category, and one in the first. 

"Missed Tackles" are plays where the defender completely fails to get the ball carrier on the ground or out of bounds.  I don't know any stat service that counts getting drug as a missed tackle unless it results in a TD.  Plays like the one against JuJu where he failed to get him down short of the line to gain aren't counted as missed tackles.