03-31-2019, 11:30 AM
(03-31-2019, 10:56 AM)Catmandude123 Wrote: To pick an obscure stat to tout a overpaid player only works when people don't actually watch his play.
"Watch him play" usually means criticizing a Bengal for something other players all over the league do. People act like Dre is the only CB that ever gives up a completion. The fact is that he compares favorably with other NFL CBs.
And Dre is my poster boy for how PFF's rankings (not stats) are a joke. In 2015 Dre played 97% of the snaps on a top 5 pass defense and ranked in the top 30 CBs in completion percentage allowed, yds per target, and success rate, yet PFF had him ranked 112th behind a bunch of scrubs that barely even played.