12-29-2021, 04:54 PM
(12-29-2021, 03:49 PM)pally Wrote: what the YTD don't reflect is that so many of them have improved as the year has progressed
Apple, Hopkins, and Carman are all in that camp.
As far as the divergence from our eye test and PFF scores on guys oike Ogunjobi & Logan Wilson, I'd like to throw out a 3rd explanation (and I think the previous two offered are oerfectly valid):
1- Not as good as we think they are
2 - Flawed PFF system
3 - Big play bias
I guess you could say that is part of #1 and or #2, but Larry (sacks, goal line stand vs Jacksonville) and Logan (early season tackles & picks) made a LOT of really big plays. Undeniably so. In our minds, that is worth more. But for PFF, it is just another play. Most guys, over time, this will even out. I mean, it would be weird to be a subpar/mediocre player most of the time, but somehow make a lot of game saving/changing plays. Some guys are like that, though. They have a knack. Or they gamble a lot. Some do like Dunlap and take plays off.