03-01-2016, 01:10 PM
(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."
(03-01-2016, 02:22 AM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: I wasn't really putting anything into PFF numbers.
I was putting everything into the tackle stat being overrated, because it is.
Tackles are like errors in baseball. Subjective to the scorer.
Talking to some Rams fans, they aren't gonna miss him.
I don't think he's washed up. I just don't think he was ever really that good.
He's a volume player. He needs every snap to get his stats.
I know your overall point is to prove the tackle stat is overrated, but you did use PFF to prove your point. I don't disagree that maybe Laurinaitis is a bit overrated, but we're comparing him to who he'd be replacing. Maualuga. I'm not sure why you think he'd definitely be a SLB here, outside of the fact our coaches seem to love Rey M.
He's been a MLB in a 4-3 for his entire career and he's the same size as Rey M (255 lbs).
As for the tackle stats and JL needing every snap, I'd be curious to see a numbers comparison for Rey M and JL if you took their 2015 numbers and rounded them up to 1000 snaps. I do know that JL has made far more plays in his career (INTs, sacks, recoveries) and has more tackles, so I'm struggling to see where he wouldn't be at least a slight upgrade.
Again, I'm not a big Laurinaitis fan and I'd much rather we sign Trevathan or even Chris Long in FA. Heck, I could probably compile a list of players I'd rather sign than JL, but I do think he's a solid player. Probably better than Rey M.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
