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After studying and comparing the grades from Pro Football Focus I’ve concluded that, if kept in perspective, they can be relatively informative. jmo.
I suppose if 10 different analysts graded a particular player over the course of a season we’d end up with 10 different grades but I would think that the grades should all be in the same general vicinity. jmo.
My reference was comparing Hooker’s ESPN QBR to his PFF grade on a game-by-game basis. Both are on a 0-100 scale and by and large they are close enough. There is an occasional outlier but it’s not bad. jmo.
PFF groups their grades into 5 different buckets, Elite, All-Conference, Starter, Backup, and Replaceable.
I looked at our season grades for players who played a minimum of 100 snaps and grouped the players into the buckets (grades were posted by RTI). I did round the grades but I think this is a pretty accurate reflection of what we had for a team last year. jmo.
I had heard several years ago that a team is really defined by its top 40 players. Last year on offense we had 21 guys play a minimum of 100 snaps and 22 guys on defense play a minimum of 100 snaps.
I’m not sure why Carvin’s grade was so low but I figure it mostly had to do with him playing a lot of snaps out of position. jmo.
Our worst position group last year according to PFF was the linebackers and of course, McCollough. With Mitchell back healthy and with a good attitude, with Banks maybe a little bit under more self-control, and with more depth at Safety, we should see at least some improvement with those positions. jmo.
Hyatt and Keyton, according to PFF didn’t have good seasons but both got a bit of buzz in the spring. Hyatt in particular seemed to have really stepped up this off-season. jmo.
Bru McCoy graded out as a high backup/borderline starter at USC in 2020 playing behind 3 future NFL receivers (all veterans) on 210 snaps and was designated preseason 2nd team all-conference by PFF heading into the 2021 season. I think he may be a major addition to our offense. jmo.
Here is where we ended up on the year for the 2021 season. We had a lot of "backups" playing a ton of snaps and while that was of necessity last year due to the attrition we had and a lack of numbers that may really pay off for us this year as "backups" would be generally expected to develop into starters. jmo.
I suppose if 10 different analysts graded a particular player over the course of a season we’d end up with 10 different grades but I would think that the grades should all be in the same general vicinity. jmo.
My reference was comparing Hooker’s ESPN QBR to his PFF grade on a game-by-game basis. Both are on a 0-100 scale and by and large they are close enough. There is an occasional outlier but it’s not bad. jmo.
PFF groups their grades into 5 different buckets, Elite, All-Conference, Starter, Backup, and Replaceable.
I looked at our season grades for players who played a minimum of 100 snaps and grouped the players into the buckets (grades were posted by RTI). I did round the grades but I think this is a pretty accurate reflection of what we had for a team last year. jmo.
I had heard several years ago that a team is really defined by its top 40 players. Last year on offense we had 21 guys play a minimum of 100 snaps and 22 guys on defense play a minimum of 100 snaps.
I’m not sure why Carvin’s grade was so low but I figure it mostly had to do with him playing a lot of snaps out of position. jmo.
Our worst position group last year according to PFF was the linebackers and of course, McCollough. With Mitchell back healthy and with a good attitude, with Banks maybe a little bit under more self-control, and with more depth at Safety, we should see at least some improvement with those positions. jmo.
Hyatt and Keyton, according to PFF didn’t have good seasons but both got a bit of buzz in the spring. Hyatt in particular seemed to have really stepped up this off-season. jmo.
Bru McCoy graded out as a high backup/borderline starter at USC in 2020 playing behind 3 future NFL receivers (all veterans) on 210 snaps and was designated preseason 2nd team all-conference by PFF heading into the 2021 season. I think he may be a major addition to our offense. jmo.
Here is where we ended up on the year for the 2021 season. We had a lot of "backups" playing a ton of snaps and while that was of necessity last year due to the attrition we had and a lack of numbers that may really pay off for us this year as "backups" would be generally expected to develop into starters. jmo.
