Patriots: PFF Top 5/Bottom 5 at every position, as of Week 8

[MrNathanDrake]

Jamie Collins in the bottom there

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

You forgot to bold James Develin.

I am surprised there are even ten fullbacks left in the league

 

[NE-VT]

I am surprised there are even ten fullbacks left in the league

A bunch of teams are actually becoming more run heavy. I see a fair amount of 21 personnel with these teams.

I looked up stats to what % of snaps fullbacks were playing for different teams:



FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | NFL SNAP COUNTS

 

[BelichicksBlackEye]

A bunch of teams are actually becoming more run heavy. I see a fair amount of 21 personnel with these teams.

I looked up stats to what % of snaps fullbacks were playing for different teams:



FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | NFL SNAP COUNTS

Nice, thanks!

Looks like low offensive snap percentages and that they are mainly special teamers

 

[maineman209]

I’m not a big PFF fan, but they’re not wrong here. I believe PFF had Kittle leading the league in drops at one point, but it has been a major problem for him regardless of who is evaluating him. This is a good example of why you should probably watch a guy play before reminding us how “right” you were, instead of copying and pasting the box score.

IIRC, the knock on Kittle in the draft was his drops in college. Good route-runner, very good blocker, but ...