PNW_PantherMan

You just can't measure if a guy is that dude or not with numbers. The whole notion of GWD as a statistic is borderline useless. All it tells you is how many times a team took the lead in the 4th quarter and won the game. There's so many factors baked into that both on and off the field. The way coaches adjust in the games. The way referees call games. Injuries, weather, luck, etc. The reason this particular topic is so funny is because nobody realized it even happened. You didn't need a post summing up all of Jake's game winning drives to realize they actually happened. Everyone knew Jake was that dude because he drove the team down into scoring range every single week. The slumdog millionaire run of pass interference calls, etc. There's just too many of them that are not even worth talking about.

I mean I get it from JT's perspective. He's not trying to be putting out a bunch of negative content every week. Its for YouTube views, not for the player's development.

It's just hard to evaluate performance in football because of all the interconnected factors that determine the outcome. Individual stats like passing yards, rushing yards, etc give us somewhat of an idea of production. But it's still dependent on how other players perform. A win is the ultimate team stat, and I don't think GWD is any different really. You can credit to the QB. But it involves the entire team (including coaching), calls by officials, and sometimes even luck.

If all you can get out of the last couple weeks is 2 minutes of film then you probably aren't very valuable as a film reviewer. There is more to be learned in bad film than good film.

True, but I'd argue separation isn't at as much of a premium when defenders can't be as physical. If you can catch anything thrown at you, there's not a lot that can be done to stop it. You can probably make an argument that it draws more PI flags to separate less, and is therefore valuable to be a jump ball WR.

At a certain point, you have to let your eyes see what's happening on the field. The nuance of everything going on in a football game is never going to be captured by analytical statistics. Too much information becomes noise. But we're interested in the signal.

Applying flags as positive yards for Bryce is certainly one way to model it.

Agree 100%. Hands are definitely underrated as a tool when compared to separation. Either way you gotta thread the needle in this league. I'll take Mr Fantastic that catches anything in a 12 foot radius any day of the week.

Just because a stat is equally applied doesn't mean it's useful. If wins are not a QB stat then GWD is not a QB stat.

Charlotte used to be in the Cincinnati reds market thanks to time Warner cable. Just sayin

Ehlers has to be leading the NHL in almost goals

A wins a win. Fug the Bruins

Rip to the shutout

Damn Taylor Hall with the EA Sports skill stick goal

He wasn't particularly good his last year in Seattle

They should have picked Ghost instead of Jankowski for the interview to save him from Rod's wrath

Can't believe that didn't go in for Jarvis

Could easily be 3 or 4 to 0 at this point. Can't give up a PP goal here at the end of the period to let them make it 2-1.

Lol @ Rod shaking his head while the whole bench celebrated the goal

That play by Ghost was risky as hell but man it paid off

These away sweaters are growing on me other than the logo. they look good on TV

Oh my god that Ehlers post

The Captain is having a good start to the season

We gon lose