keasley45
Well-known member
I think PFF at times can be off. However, often folks get upset at what they think is a low grade (or high grade) because they base their assessment on the 2 or 3 most significant positive or negarive plays a player might make. Sometimes in those plays, the truth about to whom credit goes for success or failure differs from what the eye sees. Absent detailed film study and a deeper knowledge of the playcall and how it was supposed tonbe exexuted, or circumstances which effected the outcome, the grades can seem ... 'off'.
And pff takes into account every play and for linemen (really, all players), doesnt distinguish plays in which they had a significant part from those where, say, a run went to the opposite side of the line from which they play. In other words, you might not ever register the LT getting blown up on 2 or 3 plays that go off the right side for big yards if those plays as a net result were highly successful.
Qb ratings are often unfairly criticized for being obtuse for seemingly not 'passing the eye test'. But the eye test is exactly what pFF is meant to look beyond. If for example, a qb is overall inaccurate on the day, maybe completing better than half of his passes, but forcing miraculous catches By his wrs to be successful, and he has 4 tds on screen passes with zero INTs, the layman might look at that performance and think itvwas great. 4tds, no picks, 60% completion rate and 276 yards passing. But if those TDs came off of screen passes a few yards beyond the LOS that the RB takes to the house for +50 a pop, PFF isnt going to give them the stellar grade one might think they are deserving of. And THAT makes fans upset.
And pff takes into account every play and for linemen (really, all players), doesnt distinguish plays in which they had a significant part from those where, say, a run went to the opposite side of the line from which they play. In other words, you might not ever register the LT getting blown up on 2 or 3 plays that go off the right side for big yards if those plays as a net result were highly successful.
Qb ratings are often unfairly criticized for being obtuse for seemingly not 'passing the eye test'. But the eye test is exactly what pFF is meant to look beyond. If for example, a qb is overall inaccurate on the day, maybe completing better than half of his passes, but forcing miraculous catches By his wrs to be successful, and he has 4 tds on screen passes with zero INTs, the layman might look at that performance and think itvwas great. 4tds, no picks, 60% completion rate and 276 yards passing. But if those TDs came off of screen passes a few yards beyond the LOS that the RB takes to the house for +50 a pop, PFF isnt going to give them the stellar grade one might think they are deserving of. And THAT makes fans upset.
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