03-21-2016, 11:56 AM
first of all i want to say that I love advanced stats. before PFF came along I used to pay for the yearly abstarct that Footballoutsiders produced. They both have tons of good, useful information. But unfortunately too many people just look at the subjective rankings, and those are garbage.
There are 2 CBs on a team. Starter "A" plays most of the time because he does not mess up as often as his back up "B". A messes up once every 10 plays while B messes up once every 6 plays. Player A plays 70 snaps and messes up 7 times. In the same game player B plays 30 snaps and messes up 5 times. You know which player PFF says is the best CB? Player B who played fewer snaps and messed up more often.
A CB who blankets his receiver and keeps the opposing QB from throwing to him gets a "zero" for that play.
So I would love to see some of the CB individual stats like "passer rating allowed", or "yards per target allowed". These stats still don't give a CB credit for covering a receiver so well that he does not even get thrown at, but they are much more accurate than the flawed ranking system.
There are 2 CBs on a team. Starter "A" plays most of the time because he does not mess up as often as his back up "B". A messes up once every 10 plays while B messes up once every 6 plays. Player A plays 70 snaps and messes up 7 times. In the same game player B plays 30 snaps and messes up 5 times. You know which player PFF says is the best CB? Player B who played fewer snaps and messed up more often.
A CB who blankets his receiver and keeps the opposing QB from throwing to him gets a "zero" for that play.
So I would love to see some of the CB individual stats like "passer rating allowed", or "yards per target allowed". These stats still don't give a CB credit for covering a receiver so well that he does not even get thrown at, but they are much more accurate than the flawed ranking system.
