Dennard

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(11-24-2018, 02:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is complicated to measute a defensive back by fantays points.  Patrick Peterson only has one season with more than 3 ints.  He is so good they don't throw at him.

The PFF individual rankings for CBs are also useless.

There are some stats out there like "yards per target", "completion percentage allowed", and "success rate", but like all stats you can't just use one because they are all limited.  It would be like sayiunbg the best RB is the best yards per carry even if the guy only only carries the ball 4 or 5 times a game.  For example slot CBs will often have a lower "yards per target" just because they are usually covering shorter routes.

And an interesting thing about coverage penalties.  The best CBs in the league are usually among the ;league leaders in penalties.  It doesn't sound right, but if you look at the yearly leaders you will usually bsee the Pro Bowl and All CBs near the top of the list.  My theory is that they get more penalties because they are closer to the receiver more often than lesser CBs who allow more seperation.

So how are we the casual fan supposed to rate CB's or any position as every rating is flawed. Maybe that is why the eye test is used so often with problem being some have more expert eyes and knowledge to do an eye test than others.