PFF Updates - Read Them and Weep

[HarleyDog]

(11-10-2017, 01:08 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Offense:
We have 8 guys that play regularly graded as Poor. Boling has really tanked the past few games.

The guys are Lafell, Fisher, Ogbuehi, Hopkins, Bodine, Boling, and Andre Smith. TJ Johnson also grades out as Poor.

Our offense ranks #32 in the league and we're rushing the ball for 3.1 ypc so not surprising.

I'd love to see Westerman, Dielman, and/or Redmond given a chance.

Defense:
We have 9 guys that play regularly on defense that grade Poor.

Jones, Kirkpatrick (actually grades out worse than Ced. They have him listed as the #111 CB), Shaw, Fejedelem, Evans, Vigil, Billings, Sims, and Glasgow.

There are some fixes I see here like starting Jackson and Dennard and moving Shaw back to CB from Safety. Jackson and Dennard grade out way better than Jones and Kirkpatrick.

Out of Billings, Sims, and Glasgow...Billings needs more playing time as while they are all Poor...Billings is much higher rated than both.

Overall:
We have 17 guys who play regularly who are graded as performing Poor this season. That's a recipe for a 3-5 team.

Sadly, we're not a new HC away. Or 1 or 2 players away from competing. We have some major roster issues.

Maybe a new HC can get the performance up of some of these guys though by teaching them nuances.

Good info. Although I heavily disagree that new blood at HC would/Could change things around. Within 3yrs, we could dump a lot of dead weight and uplift those future stars who barely see the field. It kills me watching this much talent sit on the bench while you sign big contracts to the likes of Fitzpatrick. Makes no sense at all. A good coach would not have let that happen because, simply, he's not that good and many of us seen that before the new contract. He's decent, but he's not top talent. Then there's the OL. I wont even get into that because I would just be repeating what has been said a thousand times already. Great coaches could get this ship sailing again.