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Originally Posted by ArlingtonTexan
I am not convinced that many (not all) stats kept are reflective of good or bad play. I do find both Joyner and football outsiders insteresting in looking at a game differently, but not better than people who have a good eye for the game. The flaw is the attempt to make everything quantifiable, somethings are not.
Overall, if I think the method is flawed, but yields a result that I like that does not override my feeling the method is flawed.
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you are right.
Its like that commercial. 90% of all statistics can be made to say anything 60% of the time.
Stats need to be compared against tons of other factors to really make a point.
Take Reeves. He played opposite Newman, one of the better shut down corners in the league. His breakdown doesnt reflect that. He had one of the worst safeties in the league supporting him over the top. Stats dont reflect that.
Look at the Denver corners. They are an insane tandem. One of them has to come up on the short end of the stick stats wise. That doesnt mean he isnt a good corner.