If you remember a few months back there was a big made up controversy on how Brady was no longer elite. This was based largely on the work done by Pro Football Focus, who;s work has shockingly begun to take on more and more traction among media members. Yesterday they also made a big announcement on how Chris Collinsworth even became an investor.
Many here, including myself, have long questioned their ability to accurately review film and grade players without having at least some inside knowledge of the play calls. At least one NFL Coach seems to agree:
Many here, including myself, have long questioned their ability to accurately review film and grade players without having at least some inside knowledge of the play calls. At least one NFL Coach seems to agree:
"The last thing that I want to talk about before I let you guys go is this Pro Football Focus thing," Zimmer said. "I know everybody wants to get the scoop on this, but quite honestly there’s not really anybody... I look at the grades and I can’t tell you what a 0.7 is or anything like that, but I know that the people that are grading our games and our defenses and our offenses, they don’t know if the tackle gets beat inside, if we weren’t sliding out to the nickel or who our guys are supposed to cover. I guarantee they don’t know who is in our blitz package and what they are supposed to do. I would just ask everybody to take that with a grain of salt, including our fans. We as coaches get paid a whole bunch of money to do the jobs that we do, evaluate the players that we evaluate and grade them how we grade them and not based on someone else.
Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer skeptical of Pro Football Focus grades - SI.com
I thought it was odd that an NFL coach would go out of his way to shoot down some statistical site. Obviously something struck a nerve.Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer skeptical of Pro Football Focus grades - SI.com