NFL legend goes after PFF for their grading system on Texans' C.J. Stroud
Last Saturday, we witnessed one of the best games we have ever witnessed from a rookie quarterback, if not the best. The Houston Texans beat down the best defense in the league while having a rookie head coach, rookie offensive coordinator, and a rookie quarterback.Yet, somehow, in the wildcard round of the playoffs after being […]
Last Saturday, we witnessed one of the best games we have ever witnessed from a rookie quarterback, if not the best. The Houston Texans beat down the best defense in the league while having a rookie head coach, rookie offensive coordinator, and a rookie quarterback.
Yet, somehow, in the wildcard round of the playoffs after being a three-win team just a year ago, Stroud won and still had a near-perfect passer rating. He played insanely well in front of the world, so everyone saw it.
Well, maybe not everyone. If you look at Pro Football Focus' grades they released after the game, they gave C.J. Stroud a 77.8 on a scale that is graded from 0-100. Now, a 77.8 isn't a bad grade, and if he was higher than everyone else who played this last weekend, we wouldn't be here complaining.
However, he wasn't even a top-five graded quarterback on the week. Jordan Love, who played a great game but had near identical stats against a worse defense, was graded at a 92.5.
J.J. Watt, an NFL legend and a Texans Hall of Famer, called PFF out about this, and he was not happy.
This is what happens when you try to grade football players with an algorithm… CJ Stroud's performance was "graded" a 77.8, And people treat this shit as gospel.
A lot of people replied to his tweet saying that Stroud is lower because a lot of his yards came by way of YAC or yards after the catch. People discredited his play because he has an elite offensive coordinator. First of all, if that's how they are running things in their algorithm, then it's just blatantly wrong.
Okay, Stroud has both of those things in his favor, but he is still doing what is asked of him and is not doing anything wrong. I cannot think of a time when he blatantly made a mistake on Saturday. So, really, I agree with Watt. Some of the things Stroud is doing are crazy as he continues to make NFL history.
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