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For the love of R'hllor, please stop posting shit that is either made up or untrue. It is extremely irritating that I have to go through point by point but c'est la vie.

Originally Posted by ViperVisor

Earth to suckup!

I posted info and the guy you defend responds with nothing + an insult.

He is trying to claim the O-Line wasn't bottom 5. THAT speaks volumes about football acumen.

It's part of the reerunation that has infested this place that everything somehow has to be about Alex Smith isn't a top 10 QB.

I didn't claim that the Chiefs' OL was "bottom 5" because guess what dumbass, I don't have an arbitrary grading system made up by people who don't have any idea how protections, progressions, hots, and sight adjusts work. Those are all things that a QB could be responsible for in correctly utilizing during/before a play and the failure to do so could result in unfairly blamed OL play.

Originally Posted by ViperVisor

So if someone posts something utterly without value or flat out stupid pat them on the head and say you gave it try, you'll do a good one next time?

You are either a liar or an idiot if you don't admit the O-Line pass blocking really sucked.

Don't do the BS context about 'but Alex Smith X Y Z' It's been hashed out before and those counter-points do not hold up.

I have never said that the OL was not bad at their job (generally speaking) last season. I have said that your .img was not a valid way of measuring their ineffective play because it doesn't take into account variables/factors that can affect their performance. It's ****ing disingenuous and incredibly ignorant to simply apply blame without knowledge, which is exactly what you do in an attempt to prop up your false god Alex Smith.

Originally Posted by ViperVisor

Numbers have value. His words are hollow.
You don't like the link or context. Because mostly of a preconceived bias.

You still couldn't provide an answer as to who's conducting the "grading" and how he/she arrives at his/her conclusion. I don't like to rip on Direckshun but for ****'s sake, your beloved Pro Football Focus offered him a job conducting your "grading". A guy that literally didn't understand what the **** a "power" run was and thought that the guard ****ed up by pulling. Tell me, when you have people like that "grading" plays, do you think it might not be truly accurate?

Originally Posted by ViperVisor

Almost no case to make = Changing the subject

Please support the case the OL being not very bad or it being bad is somehow Alex Smith's fault.

There are numerous ways that an offensive line ****up could be attributed to the QB. These vary by team (as some teams give certain responsibilities to the Center/QB/other OL players).

For example, (and once again, this is an example) let's use 74/75 protection for the Patriots. It's a 5-man protection out of empty (which the Chiefs do use).



Notice here how it states "The QB may make a RITA/LINDA call to adjust the protection for the Mike/Sam/SSF or Will. It also states that there is a sight adjust (weak) and hot (strong) built in. If the QB fails to make the correct adjustment and the protection is inadequately blocked, your infallible PFF would blame the OL and absolve all of the blame that he should receive.





Notice how there are other calls, such as "Tally". In some systems, the QB is responsible for making that call. In others, he isn't. See how this could be an issue in attempting to assert where blame should lie?




Finally, we get to the sight adjusts and hots. Now, it's the responsibility of the WRs to understand what they're seeing pre-snap to know if they are going to alter their called route and run either the SA/Hot. Those guys can and do **** up. Which in turn could result in the QB holding the ball and getting sacked, making the wrong progression, or simply throwing the ball to a space that isn't occupied by the receiver. Guess what you ****ing ignoramus, PFF doesn't take any of that into account. I wonder who'll likely be blamed for that ****up?

In some systems however, the QB is also responsible for making sure that no matter what, those ****ing idiots know that they are indeed going to be running their SA/Hot. Hint, sometimes you'll hear a QB during an actual ****ing game yell "Alert". Crazy, I know.

Your PFF has no idea what the built in hots/SAs are, what the protection rules/adjustments/responsibilities are, and simply assigns blame because "Hey, that guy didn't block that guy". The fact you parrot their "grades" like they mean a ****ing thing is hilarious.