09-27-2021, 08:04 PM
PFF is far from perfect, but I have a lot more respect for it than I do for ESPN QBR. They (for QBR) try to implement game situations into the value to remove garbage time and give greater weight to "comeback situations" e.g. the 4th quarter. It's exactly the kind of trash you'd expect from an organization that uses the word "clutch" in every other sentence of every other conversation on air, and they try to make mathematical sense of "clutch". It's embarrassing and terrible.
Traditional passer rating is flawed too, but it's still a much better metric for how well a QB played. PFF's QB grades are still infected with some subjective assessments of isolated single-play details, but at least they try to make subjective sense of objective values. ESPN QBR goes the opposite direction and tries to make objective sense of subjective values.
I will rip on this statistic every time I am given the opportunity. It's horrendous, and I wish it would die.
Traditional passer rating is flawed too, but it's still a much better metric for how well a QB played. PFF's QB grades are still infected with some subjective assessments of isolated single-play details, but at least they try to make subjective sense of objective values. ESPN QBR goes the opposite direction and tries to make objective sense of subjective values.
I will rip on this statistic every time I am given the opportunity. It's horrendous, and I wish it would die.
