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The fact that ESPN's QBR is a black box, with god knows what attached to its calculation, that the change on a whim (I mean, there's no way they could simply identify certain outlier issues that might make the outcomes they want come up, right?) makes it a useless pile of garbage.  

 

Kinda like almost everything on ESPN.   

 

Last edited by Timpranillo
Originally Posted by CAPackFan95:

The fact that ESPN's QBR is a black box with god knows what attached to it that the change on a whim ...... makes it a useless pile of garbage.  

Useless pile of garbage?  I'll have you know that I print out BSPN stuff then burn it in the fireplace.  It is good for providing the heat.  Useless indeed!!!! 

Originally Posted by CAPackFan95:

The fact that ESPN's QBR is a black box, with god knows what attached to its calculation, that the change on a whim (I mean, there's no way they could simply identify certain outlier issues that might make the outcomes they want come up, right?) makes it a useless pile of garbage.

Sort of like PFF as far as I'm concerned.

"But you cannot — and we do not try to — quantify intangibles, or what comes pre-snap. Our system grades what can be graded — the execution of the play post-snap — and in that regard Rodgers did not stand out in the same way that his statistics did."

 

In other words, they don't grade results or grade all the things Rodgers does that lead to those results.  So readers walk away with a poorer understanding of player performances than if they hadn't read it at all.  Nice.

I apologize for ever referencing ProFootball Focus before. Obviously to maximize your grade you have to play Favrian football. In other words you get more points for threading the needle to a TE through 3 defensive guys in the end zone from the 10 yard line than you do from surveying the defense and throwing a 5 yard quick hitter to Cobb that has no chance of being picked off. At least based on their rationale of giving more points for harder throws, rather than making the correct decision.

 

And they downgrade him for a play when he held the ball too long because his receiver was being held? And for a play where the LB got a hand on the ball?

Well I wouldn't go that far to make judgments on a complete stranger. But I have heard that Micah Hyde has really reached out to Brett Hundley and helped welcome him to the Packers, even calling him "the real quarterback of this team." Seems a little extreme, but maybe he's just trying to boost his confidence.

Originally Posted by DH13:
Originally Posted by Satori:

https://vimeo.com/97245230

 

A little peek into what Aaron is thinking about before he snaps the ball and delivers a -0.8 performance

Thanks for posting that.  I will forward to all my friends who think football is just a bunch of dumb guys banging into each other cuz, well they ain't too smert.

And still people look only at arm strength and combine measurements and end up surprised that guys like Jeff George and Vince Young bust in the NFL. Both are on some lists as the worst Wonderlic scores in history and looked like All-Pros in warmups and then couldn't perform when it counted.

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