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(03-17-2023, 10:23 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I dunno.

If I see my QB get sacked because the OL failed blocking the guy, I don't really care what the assignment was. It still resulted in my QB getting sacked, and thus is a negative play.

I realize you can't ding the caller, but still.

Assignment and what the defense is doing absolutely matter and that is where PFF fall apart.  As a fan, maybe all you care about is the sack, but flashing PFF grades that know as little about the assignment as the fan does, makes them worthless.

Example:
Defense is known for stunting, which means a switch between who the guard and tackle end up taking.  The tackle recognizes the stunt, and picks up the DT stunting to the outside.  However, the guard misses the stunt, goes with the DT to the tackle leaving the DE who was over the tackle a free inside lane to the QB and a sack.  The DE was over the tackle so he gets dinged with the sack, when it was the guard that F'd up.

This happens all the time.  Knowing the assignment is the most critical portion of analysis and PFF doesn't do it, thus their results are *flush*.