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Re: Matt Light: 55th rated tackle in pass blocking
I absolutely love their stats, like coverage and playing time. The grading system is garbage, though.
The biggest problem is that these guys have no real football knowledge. They're from England and never mention any previous football experience, so I'm going to assume that they don't have any. If this were a former coach or something, then it'd make sense. A group of a few guys who have never even played football as far as I can tell? Absurd.
One big example is on stunts. They have absolutely no idea who is responsible for pressure causes by stunts. They gave Mankins the best grade of any LG in the playoffs in the Jets game. They cited him as not giving up any pressures at all, when really he (along with the rest of the OL) was getting destroyed by stunts. Another example is unblocked pressure off the edge. If 6 guys come and the safety comes in untouched off the left side, they mark the LT down for that, when really, that's the back's job to block the unblocked guy or the QB's job to get rid of the ball quickly. They give a guy a lower score for not blocking the guy that got the pressure, when really, he blocked who he was supposed to.
You can't grade intent unless you have football experience and know what the responsibilities are, and these guys don't have that. That's my biggest problem with the site.
PFF reviews every play, of every player, every year, on film, and compiles the statistics. Then we have random opinions from internet message board posters. I'm not taking a position here. Some prefer the former some prefer the later.
I absolutely love their stats, like coverage and playing time. The grading system is garbage, though.
The biggest problem is that these guys have no real football knowledge. They're from England and never mention any previous football experience, so I'm going to assume that they don't have any. If this were a former coach or something, then it'd make sense. A group of a few guys who have never even played football as far as I can tell? Absurd.
One big example is on stunts. They have absolutely no idea who is responsible for pressure causes by stunts. They gave Mankins the best grade of any LG in the playoffs in the Jets game. They cited him as not giving up any pressures at all, when really he (along with the rest of the OL) was getting destroyed by stunts. Another example is unblocked pressure off the edge. If 6 guys come and the safety comes in untouched off the left side, they mark the LT down for that, when really, that's the back's job to block the unblocked guy or the QB's job to get rid of the ball quickly. They give a guy a lower score for not blocking the guy that got the pressure, when really, he blocked who he was supposed to.
You can't grade intent unless you have football experience and know what the responsibilities are, and these guys don't have that. That's my biggest problem with the site.