Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

[Wally The Barber]

By Ryan Talbot
talbotrj@yahoo.com,
Contributing writer

Tyrod Taylor's Week 2 stat line against the Carolina Panthers was pedestrian at best. The Buffalo Bills' quarterback seemed to settle for short passes all game and finished with 125 yards passing on 17-of-25 passing. Taylor added another 55 yards on eight carries.
Despite his stat line, Pro Football Focus (PFF) had Taylor has the Bills' highest graded offensive player following the Panthers game. PFF gave Taylor an 80.1 grade. The analytics site noted that Taylor was actually pretty good when he wasn't facing pressure.
It was a rough outing for the Bills offense, but quarterback Tyrod Taylor still made plays throughout the game. As a runner he picked up 51 of his 55 yards on quarterback scrambles and forced a missed tackle. As a passer keeping him clean was key. When pressure was kept away from him he produced a passer rating of 86.1, when pressure got there, that dropped to 59.0.
Taylor may have received the Bills' highest grade on offense, but two defenders finished with better grades for Buffalo. Defensive end Jerry Hughes received an 84.7 overall grade and safety Jordan Poyer received an 83.5 overall grade.
Hughes was strong against the run and pass on Sunday according to PFF.
Hughes was the best Buffalo pass-rusher today while being among the best run defenders as well. The Bills edge rusher finished the day with five defensive stops, which led Buffalo's defense. Furthermore, Hughes had a successful day against Carolina LT Matt Kalil as he recorded two sacks and four quarterback hurries on 28 pass rushing snaps.

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[BertSquirtgum]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

Wtf?

[Joe Fo Sho]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

The JFS Rating for Tyrod this week was dog s***.

[Mace]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

Probably goes to show that analytics never tell the whole story.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

I don't know why people are surprised. The issues with PFF are the same as they always have been.

[Skooby]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

Let's trade him for another top 5 starter,
oh wait he's a back up on every other team.

[Mouldsie]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

Probably goes to show that analytics never tell the whole story.

Wait, how is this analytics? It's old school scouting. Grading a players performance on a snap by snap basis while trying to account for all intangible variables. Or do you mean the 125 yards analytic?

[Mr. Pink]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

He's always going to grade well, especially when he has a decent day running the football.

He simply doesn't take any chances, ever, because he's afraid to turn the ball over. Because he doesn't take chances, he rarely turns it over and since he rarely turns it over and touches the ball every play, he's always going to grade well.

Doesn't mean jack in the real world or in the standings but it's something for people to keep defending him with.

[Fixxxer]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

the grade is high because he ran for 55 yards, that's it.

[Topas]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

I don't know why people are surprised. The issues with PFF are the same as they always have been.

What are these problems? I dont read PFF, this is a serious question.

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

PFF doesn't watch the games, they just analyze the stat sheet. Not a surprise here, and just another reason why QBR and all that other crapola doesn't really mean squat

[YardRat]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

Wait, how is this analytics? It's old school scouting. Grading a players performance on a snap by snap basis while trying to account for all intangible variables. Or do you mean the 125 yards analytic?

Because it fits the definition of 'analytics'.

Also, I would argue it's certainly not 'old school'.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

What are these problems? I dont read PFF, this is a serious question.

PFF relies on an assumption of what the play call, read, and what the outcome should be v. what happens. They assign a grade per snap based on that outcome, but there is no guarantee that the outcome is correct. There are some incredibly bright people at PFF, this isn't meant to say they suck or don't know what they're doing.

[Mouldsie]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

PFF doesn't watch the games, they just analyze the stat sheet. Not a surprise here, and just another reason why QBR and all that other crapola doesn't really mean squat

It's actually exactly the opposite. They watch every play and grade every player on every play and dont care about the stat sheet. If you're going to criticize something at least know what it is.

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Because it fits the definition of 'analytics'.

Also, I would argue it's certainly not 'old school'.

But how is it analytics? You guys are making the claim, I don't have to try and figure out what it means. See above^

[Guest]

Re: Tyrod Taylor receives high marks for week 2

TT is a waste of practice snaps.

I can only assume the coaching staff has seen enough and is slowly giving Peterman more and more 1st team snaps over the next 3 weeks heading into our bye week where the 2 weeks off can be used to get Peterman ready to start at home in Week 7 against the Bucs.

Seems like a decent plan.