06-17-2015, 11:41 AM
(06-17-2015, 11:27 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Kawann Short was the 13th best defensive lineman in the entire NFL in 2013? Karl Klug was 14th? Those guys were not even starters.
(06-17-2015, 11:31 AM)fredtoast Wrote: It is only interesting if you realize how the NFL works. NFL scouts and GMs pay players what they feel they are worth based on their performance on the field. Age and injuries can reduce a players worth, but Sims has been relatively young and healthy recently when he hit free agency.
It is pretty simple actually. If Sims mwas as good as you and PFF are claiming then he would have gotten more pay on the free agent market.
It's almost like you didn't even read this part...
Now, you have to remember that those are just rankings by overall +/- grade. Some guys weren't terrible in certain facets of the game but they got taken down by other things (Langford is 44 overall but is actually considered the 14th best against the run, his 10 total penalties brought his grade down significantly). You're not going to see any guys on top of the list that didn't have a good 2013, and you aren't going to find any guys on the bottom of that list that didn't suck in 2013 in one way or another. PFF isn't the end-all system of the world for ranking players, but they sure can point you in the right direction. You're never going to see guys at the bottom of any of their lists that had GOOD years.
For some reason, these guys don't agree with your absurd stance that having a decent amount of tackles automatically means you couldn't have had a rough year. Have fun being delusional and thinking Peko isn't bad because he had 30 tackles and the Bengals paid him a bunch of money this one time. That stuff obviously means he's awesome!!!
You are never going to find a player at the very bottom of PFF's rankings that had a good year, and you're never going to find a player at the top of PFF's rankings that had a bad year. Like I said, their grades aren't gospel, but they point you in the right direction moreso than "hurr durr he got some tackles so obv is good!".
