James Laurinaitis

[BengalChris]

(02-20-2016, 12:12 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Stahp with the tackle stats. 

From PFF:
"James Laurinaitis ranked 59/60 at ILB for us this year, & his highest rank since 2011 is 29th. The list of reasons for this is very long..."


"If you think the #Rams made a mistake by cutting him yesterday, you put way too much stock into the NFL's tackle stats."


Yes he like Vinnie Rey gets a lot of tackles, but that's not indicative of good LB play.


Let's break this down.
based on 2015 stats.
Snap count / (total tackles + sacks + PD + INT + FF) 


Rey M was involved in 1 in 7 plays.


Laurinitis was involved in 1 in 10 plays.


He just played a lot more snaps. 


VRey is 1 in 7.


Vontaze Burfict is 1 in 5

Yes Laurinitis played a lot of snaps. No they weren't exactly quality snaps. 


Luke Kuechly is 1 in 5 (he's actually under 5 but rounding to whole numbers etc)
Danny Trevathan is 1 in 5

So I was wrong, he actually isn't really any better than Vincent or Rey 

Well, maybe. At a decent contract adding Laurinaitis could help us. I really think all the talk about Trevathan being offered anything by the Bengals is a bunch of hot air. We never go after top young guys in free agency. We rarely get past the bargain bin when shopping.