You can't measure anything without statistics.
"beast" wrote:
That's not true.
Any other way is subjective and irrelevant.
"WhiskeySam" wrote:
That's complete not true. (the irrelevant part, it is subjective)
Does the best RB in the NFL alway have the best stats? No, not if there OL stinks... this is a team game and stats
never tell the complete story with team games.
Like Rodgers threw a pick when it bounced out of Jackson chest, that counts for a pick for Rodgers but he did his job by hitting his man. Stats can be very miss leading.
To measure anything only using stats is pointless, other than a talking point because they never tell the whole story.
Why don't the players with the fastest 40s always run the fastest on the field? Because stats don't tell the whole story!
If somebody puts up great stats makes them great right? Nope... why? Because it may not be them.
Like in college football last year one CB had a heck of a lot of INT and was one of the leadings in college. That made him great right? Wrong and reason he was getting so many passes was he was the weakest link and team keep trying to beat the weakest link with a true shut down CB a good run stopping team and good S so most of the QBs threw the ball his way and he just made a lot of chances and got some of them.
This reminds me of when a Bears fan was trying to tell me that Corey Williams was hands down the best defense lineman we had, even though he wasn't usually one of the starters until Jolly went down. Stats never tell the whole story.
And the fact is that on the field
A great offense with a horrible defense team, can put points on the board but since the defense is horrible so can the other team so that levels out to 0 because both team would have it. A great offense can also control the clock but a team against a horrible defense can do the same thing so that also equals out to 0. So while a great offense would be great, if it comes with a horrible defense but team get the same control of the game.
So a great offense with a horrible defense team= 0 plus luck.
A great defense with a horrible offense team, can stop the other team from putting up points and the offense couldn't put up points so that all levels out to 0. But the defense can put up points once in a while with turnover returns for TDs or in range of the kicker so that a plus 1/10 because it doesn't happen a lot. Also the if the defense does their job the offense has good field position, I'll give a 1/10 (if the offense does it's job it's up to a kickoff and the offense has no control of where the ball is for the defense if they do there job with getting points on the board) And a great defense can stop the offense control of the clock by stopping them other than 3 straight runs which at the same time even the horrible offense can do so that leads to a 0 as well.
So a great defense with a horrible offense team= 2/10 (or what ever you used for those points plus luck.
A great defense is better than a great offense if there counter parts are the same.
"WhiskeySam" wrote: