11-24-2018, 02:47 PM
It is complicated to measure a defensive back by fantasy points. Patrick Peterson only has one season with more than 3 ints. He is so good they don't throw at him.
The PFF individual rankings for CBs are also useless.
There are some objective stats out there like "yards per target", "completion percentage allowed", and "success rate", but like all stats you can't just use one. They are all limited. For example slot CBs will often have a lower "yards per target" just because they are usually covering shorter routes, just like power RBs will often have a lower average per carry because they are used in short yardage situations. So you have to look at as many a possible.
And an interesting thing about coverage penalties. The best CBs in the league are usually among the league leaders in penalties. It doesn't sound right, but if you look at the yearly leaders you will usually bsee the Pro Bowl and All CBs near the top of the list. My theory is that they get more penalties because they are closer to the receiver more often than lesser CBs who allow more seperation.
I have not really looked at the numbers for thhis season, but from the games I have watched all of our DBs have looked weak, but we have seen Jackson and Kirkpatrick play at a higher level, and Dennard has looked better. I have no idea if the problem was scheme, or communication, or what, but the problem was not lack of skill in the players back there.
The PFF individual rankings for CBs are also useless.
There are some objective stats out there like "yards per target", "completion percentage allowed", and "success rate", but like all stats you can't just use one. They are all limited. For example slot CBs will often have a lower "yards per target" just because they are usually covering shorter routes, just like power RBs will often have a lower average per carry because they are used in short yardage situations. So you have to look at as many a possible.
And an interesting thing about coverage penalties. The best CBs in the league are usually among the league leaders in penalties. It doesn't sound right, but if you look at the yearly leaders you will usually bsee the Pro Bowl and All CBs near the top of the list. My theory is that they get more penalties because they are closer to the receiver more often than lesser CBs who allow more seperation.
I have not really looked at the numbers for thhis season, but from the games I have watched all of our DBs have looked weak, but we have seen Jackson and Kirkpatrick play at a higher level, and Dennard has looked better. I have no idea if the problem was scheme, or communication, or what, but the problem was not lack of skill in the players back there.
