Fantasy sports and advanced metrics (disguised as objective) have really ruined the concept of Ws and Ls, as the most important stat and have hugely undermined the importance of the "team."
Now, every win or loss is caveated with "yea, but he threw for 400 yards or didn't throw for many yards." Remember when you were happy that your team won and pissed when they lost? I swear I have friends that will not root for the Seahawks because nobody outside of Marshawn Lynch is "good in fantasy."
Furthermore, do any of us need PFF to tell us that Sweazy scored a -5.3? Or do your eyes tell you, "Sweazy has struggled with pass pro but has some very good run blocking skills"? Is RW really having a sophomore slump? Or do your eyes tell you he is overcoming a lot of poor protection and that we probably don't have even close to 8 wins without him?
Stats are fun, but they are not gospel, especially in a team sport in which:
a) 11 guys need to function as a unit to succeed
b) 11 guys have specific assignments (do you know exactly what the coaches asked them to do?)
c) Perhaps the philosophy (publicly), doesn't jive with the new age stat people (run/defense first).
Do we need to play better? Of course we do. But let's recognize that we have 3 integral pieces on offense do back soon that should drastically change how we function on that side of the ball. We know the defense will adjust to the recent run game snafus.
