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Originally Posted by Dylan
Some of this is a result of football's secretive nature. It's difficult to evaluate the play of a lineman without knowing what his blocking assignment was on a given play—and that's something no team is going to offer up. Without knowing what a player was supposed to do, it's impossible to know for sure whether he should get credit for making the correct block.
"There is absolutely no guessing," says Hornsby. "We don't grade down anybody unless we're 90% sure what was supposed to happen."
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Here is the crux of it... if you don't KNOW every blocking assignment then no Nick, it is ALL guessing you dumb limey. They may be somewhat accurate educated guesses but they are guesses all the same.