Amerson Waived

Good for Amerson, but seriously who cares

Amerson waived- so I waved back.

Fresh air and change did him some good. Good for him

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Very paradoxical.

Yet another point made in this thread that I don't care about. I think we're batting 1.000 here.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

From what you wrote above it seems like you only have a very cursory and uninformed understanding of what PFF does. This might help, although your mind is probably already made up...
https://www.profootballfocus.com/about/how-we-grade/


How We Grade

Our approach to rating is thorough, one of a kind, and goes beyond the surface of the game.



Step 1

We grade. An analyst grades every single player and every single play on a scale of -2 to +2.


Step 2

We grade again. The initial grading is reviewed by a second analyst to ensure accuracy.


Step 3

We grade a third time. The second analyst’s grading is checked by a third analyst. You can never be too careful.


Step 4

We verify. Our grades are verified by the Pro Coach Network and their 400 years of combined NFL and college coaching experience.


Step 5

Advanced Normalization: The raw grades (as seen in our Premium Stats) are normalized to better account for the situation; this ranges from where the player lined up to the drop-back depth of the quarterback, to everything in between.


Step 6

We set the grade. Convert to 1-100 scale.
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Suffice it to say that the many NFL teams that pay for their service disagree with you.

Just because Cooley (who isn't infallible either) disagrees with 1 grade from 1 game (on a player who PFF grades as one of the best LT in the league) doesn't seem like a good reason to me to consider them garbage. Maybe Cooley should call up Howard Mudd (heard of him?) who works for PFF.


Anyhow....any comment about David? Or does he still sux because PFF is garbage?

That was perhaps Trent Williams' best game of the season. He didn't play well, he dominated and PFF gave him a negative grade.

With all those layers of redundancy, the analysis must take less than 5 seconds at each layer to get through so many players so quickly and produce a grossly incorrect grade on Trent.

If they were so wrong, despite all the safeguards about Trent, why should they be trusted regarding any player?

Cooley knows the plays, knows what responsibility each player has and actually spends time watching and rewatching the film. Until you can show me why his take isn't correct, I'm going with his knowledge and experience, over some anonymous guy(s) that churns out grades in record time every week. Especially, when it matches what I'm seeing on the DVR.

I don't like PFF because they were so wrong on Trent. I don't like QBR because of the Tebow/Rodgers incident.

If you think they are a credible source despite the huge error, that's fine with me.

I just thought that since my "PFF is garbage post" was typical, I would try to make an atypical post and explain.

If a Metric/Analysis can be so wrong once, it can be wrong anytime and the average fan (me) doesn't have the time to sift through how much of their product is BS.

Regarding Amerson, I don't care one way or the other how he is playing.

amerson is soft. it sent a message to players in the locker room that its more than where you were drafted. i think some of the more die hard players probably liked the message.

eat-sleep-breathe-shit football 24/7/365 .. or go play for somebody like the raiders.

Totally agree with the rest of your post, but this stood out.

Ditto.

First, you can only make moves based on how a guy is playing for you. When Amerson was waived not a single one of us complained because he was playing like crap. To see him turn it around in Oakland is a complete surprise, but all we had to go on was that he was playing like crap for us, and we can't change an entire defensive system for one player.

Second, who has two thumbs and doesn't give a shit about how David Amerson is playing?


Remember that time we let Carlos Rogers walk? He then turned around and had a career year in his 1 year deal he signed with San Fran. Directly after signing a larger contract, he went back to being utter shit that couldn't handle a pass?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.


Many of these guys (especially highly drafted players) have this sense of entitlement that they feel they should be handed starting jobs. The soon realize quickly their career is going to be over shortly if they don't actually play to their potential. Often times, it takes being cut for a person to get that main aspect about the NFL.

I cant believe we cut Delbert Cowsette.

I CAN'T Believe that Dallas Startz guy never panned out......

I CAN'T Believe that Dallas Startz guy never panned out......

Marcus Mason never got a fair shot. He earned the starting job.