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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I will repeat that I think the Chiefs OTs got barbecued, often unfairly, by the person who was 'grading' the pressures.
The pressures just don't check out. They don't align with anything else that team did. The sack rate, the pass block win rates - none of them make sense if you also conclude that the Chiefs were abysmal at giving up pressures from OT.
But if you think those pressure figures were inflated by maybe 1/3, suddenly everything else lines out pretty sensibly, right down to Brown being better than Smith last season (when he undeniably was better than a hobbled Smith).
I just don't put much stock in the pressure numbers. They're too subjective and I've seen PFF graders get hard-ons for guys too many times in the past to believe that it couldn't have happened here.
I noticed it back in 2012/2013 when PFF wrote a pre-season article about how great Rob Ninkovich was. Then low and behold, the 2012 season happens and what do you know, Rob Ninkovich was a monster by PFF's grading! Meanwhile Chandler Jones goes out there and gets 13 sacks and is considered barely a fringe average pass rusher according to PFF.
These 'graders' are simply not above confirmation bias. And it shows time and time again. I absolutely think that's what happened with the pressures surrendered by Brown and Wylie. You just can't have the kind of pass rush win rates they had and still have the poor pressure rates they had.
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Yeah I treat PFF like Nick Athan at this point. Speaking of bias notice PFF usually gets brought up when someone is trying to make an argument for their case.
As for Smith im not as bullish on him as some. He had 2 good seasons that was with a solid guard next to him and Brady's quick release. I'm still not convinced Taylor isnt the starting LT at some point but we will see. As I stated in "Andy Reids first game coaching the Chiefs" he's done alot with alot less so im not worried about the tackle position