01-12-2018, 09:06 PM
(01-12-2018, 06:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: As I said before "Number of starts" is not the most accurate measure of talent, but it is far from "meaningless fluff". It will not tell us who is the best among the starters, but in general the players who start are better than the players who do not start. And the players who start multiple years are generally better than players who have as many as 8 starts just once in their career.
How many games did Ghiaciuc start for other teams after the Bengals? Andrews? Livings? There is a pattern of offensive lineman with lots of starts for the Bengals who didn't start for another team or were quickly demoted after failing to meet expectations. Bodine has been a perennial starter with little to no competition for those starts.
Judging the quality of offensive linemen by their number of starts is like me claiming you're the second best poster here based upon number of posts because since 2015 only one poster has more post than you. Now that is some meaningless fluff.
