06-20-2022, 10:40 PM
(06-20-2022, 10:29 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: A guy needs to be compared to his peers only in his own era. In that environment of the same rules, same coaches, same variables, the stats are viable and prove a trend.
When mutliple variables are changed (era, coaches, QBs) can't compare stats and expect for the results to be correct.
Just a reminder that this is what this analysis is at least attempting to do. Each receivers ratings are generated by comparing them to their peers in that season. It is a way to figure out how good they were relative to their peers so we have a way of judging them all together. Having a 1k yard season in 1975 is much more impressive than it is today, for instance, so it would generate a higher rating than a receiver doing it today.
Of course, we aren’t controlling for QB quality which is a fair point. It still allows us to have a more accurate comparison than we normally would have, however. Most importantly, it generates discussion which is really the ultimate goal.
