earthquake
10 years ago
Your conclusions regarding PFF are based on your own biased and subjective views of EDS, so its a bit silly to act like this somehow nullifies the work PFF does. Additionally, one player out of thousands that you personally perceive to be incorrectly graded, really, this is the best you have?

Which team do you work as a scout for again? What is your background that makes you a more credible source?

As to why you should provide a better source, you're the one attacking PFF in the first place. If they are so bad, you must know of a better source, but its clear at this point that you do not.
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earthquake
10 years ago
Edit: F-it, not worth the effort responding. Merry christmas dude.
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uffda udfa
10 years ago

Edit: F-it, not worth the effort responding. Merry christmas dude.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 



Merry Christmas, earthquake. You're right...it probably isn't. It wouldn't be easy supporting the idea that an ecology major from the UK is the main analyst at PFF. We could band together and put them out of business. I trust me more than I do him.


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Zero2Cool
10 years ago
Ridiculing and discarding an entire establishment based off one educational background is awfully foolish. Unbelievably naive perception and tremendously short sighted. It begs the question how one ties their shoes with such short vision.

If there were some concrete way to evaluating players, don't you think it would be used? There is no 100% accurate measurement. The inclusion of the ProFootballFocus ratings was not, nor was it implied to be the God rating system. It is simply another perspective. Why that can't be understood is really irritating.

No one has a bulletproof evaluation process, NO ONE. Not the Pro Bowl. Not the All Pro. Not You. Not Me. Not ProFootballFocus, NO ONE. Collectively though, IF you are intelligent enough to be open minded, you can draw a fair and reasonable conclusion of a players talent on the field of play.



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Goodness, it sounds like they only hire money driven fools. I'm cancelling my subscription immediately!
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uffda udfa
10 years ago

Ridiculing and discarding an entire establishment based off one educational background is awfully foolish. Unbelievably naive perception and tremendously short sighted. It begs the question how one ties their shoes with such short vision.

If there were some concrete way to evaluating players, don't you think it would be used? There is no 100% accurate measurement. The inclusion of the ProFootballFocus ratings was not, nor was it implied to be the God rating system. It is simply another perspective. Why that can't be understood is really irritating.

No one has a bulletproof evaluation process, NO ONE. Not the Pro Bowl. Not the All Pro. Not You. Not Me. Not ProFootballFocus, NO ONE. Collectively though, IF you are intelligent enough to be open minded, you can draw a fair and reasonable conclusion of a players talent on the field of play.



If anyone thinks they can do gooder, they ...oh snap sorry *Application Period is currently closed




Goodness, it sounds like they only hire money driven fools. I'm cancelling my subscription immediately!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



The MAIN analyst is the ecology major from the UK. It might be more fun to pretend he isn't to not have to challenge the thought in your mind that maybe PFF isn't as legit as you'd made them out to be.

Although we do have a number of other analysts, 90 percent of what you see on the current site has been completed by either Ben or I. I initially estimated that I might need 16 people, each analyzing one game a week but because Ben gets through so much analysis I now know this estimate was way out.

---I haven't sought out who this other guy is...I'm a little afraid to look. [grin1]

EDIT: Ooops...I just had to look...I just had to. I found this smile worthy considering the "professional" label hung on PFF in an earlier post. BTW, his name is Neil Hornsby? Isn't that the guy who made it big with that hit... THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. I think I respect a popular musician's opinion over the guy who studied ecology in the UK.

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--- So, two guys from the UK. I think I'll start a site and call is PSF...Pro Soccer Focus. I'm sure the Brits will respect me because I wind tapes of games over and over and give my opinion on what I've seen. [rockon]
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Zero2Cool
10 years ago
One of them went to a college in Wisconsin. I deem that as why the C position grades high!


Whoa, this is fascinating...


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Three sets of eyes?
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uffda udfa
10 years ago

One of them went to a college in Wisconsin. I deem that as why the C position grades high!


Whoa, this is fascinating...




Three sets of eyes?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



How many sets of eyes does a Packers game go through on this website? Kevin, you already have the technical know how plus you're a red blooded american, not a brit. You should recruit a couple of guys from this site and start your own site. It would instantly be more legit than PFF because your main people would be Americans who grew up watching and loving NFL football. You could move to Green Bay and brand your site as emanating from the mecca of american professional football. You think I jest...I'm not. If those UK clowns could put together a site so could you.

NFL teams subscribe to all kinds of resources. Central scouting is one such service... many things are used to try and verify some internal organizational thoughts. The Browns even valued input from a homeless man with their first selection last year. It's not some huge divide between being involved with the NFL and not.


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steveishere
10 years ago

How many sets of eyes does a Packers game go through on this website? Kevin, you already have the technical know how plus you're a red blooded american, not a brit. You should recruit a couple of guys from this site and start your own site. It would instantly be more legit than PFF because your main people would be Americans who grew up watching and loving NFL football. You could move to Green Bay and brand your site as emanating from the mecca of american professional football. You think I jest...I'm not. If those UK clowns could put together a site so could you.

NFL teams subscribe to all kinds of resources. Central scouting is one such service... many things are used to try and verify some internal organizational thoughts. The Browns even valued input from a homeless man with their first selection last year. It's not some huge divide between being involved with the NFL and not.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 



Every single person on this site could go ahead and watch every snap of every player in the GB games but they still wouldn't have anything to really compare it to. The most useful thing about PFF is they've got something to compare players to eachother. I don't know of any other service that offers that. I'm not about to go watch every play Maurkice Pouncey has played this year to see how Linsley compares to him and you aren't either. I'm sure they are all just wearing green and gold glasses and drinking Ted Thompson kool aid if they think a Packers player is good though. You don't have to treat it as gospel but it's another perspective to take into account. I will say I trust that site a lot more than I do pro bowl voting results.
musccy
10 years ago
Uffda...out of curiosity, did you major in pro football analytics, or what did you study between the ages of 18 and 22 that makes you a more credible source of info than a guy that studied ecology?
Zero2Cool
10 years ago

Uffda...out of curiosity, did you major in pro football analytics, or what did you study between the ages of 18 and 22 that makes you a more credible source of info than a guy that studied ecology?

Originally Posted by: musccy 



He lives in Texas, I think that is his only qualification and I would count it because Texas folk live, breathe and snort football from the moment they can crawl. I still wouldn't value it higher than what some NFL teams use, e.g. ProFootballFocus.com.
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