Re: BBD: What does Department of Analytics mean?
"Analytics" are only as good as the person(s) doing the analysis. It is impossible to reduce human performance to single numbers except for very linear and objective things, such as the things that are measured at the combine, but how often are those indicators deceptive.
While I enjoy both PFF and FO, neither encompasses a number of things, such as the level of [individual] competition as merely one example. Another is the impact of a particular system in which a player plays. Some players simply play well in alternate or certain systems.
Etc. Analysis is a tremendously open-ended thing. The key to it is being able to synthesize the information that is gathered and convert it to some useable form, which is often easier said than done for players other than say QBs, RBs, or WRs.
For our franchise, I am not under the impression for a moment that anyone on the staff has the first clue what to do with good data even if it were handed to them gift-wrapped. Who is the Ernie Adams on this team? There isn't one. IMO this is just a passing fad for a bunch of dopes at OBD.
"Analytics" are only as good as the person(s) doing the analysis. It is impossible to reduce human performance to single numbers except for very linear and objective things, such as the things that are measured at the combine, but how often are those indicators deceptive.
While I enjoy both PFF and FO, neither encompasses a number of things, such as the level of [individual] competition as merely one example. Another is the impact of a particular system in which a player plays. Some players simply play well in alternate or certain systems.
Etc. Analysis is a tremendously open-ended thing. The key to it is being able to synthesize the information that is gathered and convert it to some useable form, which is often easier said than done for players other than say QBs, RBs, or WRs.
For our franchise, I am not under the impression for a moment that anyone on the staff has the first clue what to do with good data even if it were handed to them gift-wrapped. Who is the Ernie Adams on this team? There isn't one. IMO this is just a passing fad for a bunch of dopes at OBD.
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