07-30-2017, 08:08 PM
(07-29-2017, 05:18 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Fair enough to disagree, but he missed 1st 4 games. Then came back and played 2/3rds of his normal snaps in game 5 and 6. Our point was he was more than rusty and the snap count proves it.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BurfVo00/fantasy/2016
So based on this at a minimum he was not the same Burfict for 6 of our 16 games (4 missed and 2 not ready 100%)
Eh...according to the same site, Burfict played the 2nd highest percentage of snaps in his career:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BurfVo00/fantasy/
He played roughly 75% of all snaps in his first 2 games and 91% for the season. All of this matches up completely with what I'm saying. His weight was not a factor. He missed time and had to shake off a bit of rust when he got back. If it were truly a weight issue, he would've struggled all year. It's not like he suddenly lost weight in his 3rd game.
In the end, he played his 2nd highest percentage of snaps and produced 101 tackles, 2 sacks and 2 INTs. Numbers that far exceed the pace of any season he had outside of 2013. At the very least, the weight issue has been a smidge overblown and the numbers back me up. Again, it will be nice to have him in shape and not suspended. That alone should be a great help.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
