Amerson Waived

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by 30gut

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

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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.


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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.