09-12-2018, 08:09 AM
(09-11-2018, 10:10 PM)grampahol Wrote: Since when had PFF dictated how teams prepare for games? I'm sure there's a handful of coaches who think the sun rises and sets on PFF, but they're mere pundits in the grand scheme of things. Hell, each and every one of us could sit and watch every game and hand out grades, but none of it amounts to a hill of beans if the different coaches and teams have other plans we're not privy to and we're not..
I understand this point to a degree. But a few things to consider.
(a) PFF have former players / coaches & scouts working for them, So its no just armchair fans and scouts making stuff up.
(b) PFF Supply and work with all 32 NFL teams in some form or another. So the teams obviously deem the work valuable to a point to be paying them for the services. And don't forget each team runs its own Analytics team or sub contract alongside PFF also ... its just we dont get to pay for a snippet of their information.
I dont think its the be all and end all, i also agree its subjective to a point. But my argument is that even if you are 100% on the subjective side. At least in a comparison in the PFF world vs other teams its subjective across the board and you can get a rough idea of where players are vs others, even if you do not agree with the overall grade.
The other thing i hear a lot also is that they will side with guys they have hyped in the draft process from their college scouting. Well i would have thought week 1 this year would at least show that not to be true. As they loved Ragnow a lot compared to price coming out of college. And Ragnow got a very very bad grade and was one of the worse rated guards starting this week.
