O-line Grades at 2014's Quarter-pole

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The PFF article's comment about our O-line having no net negative grades got me thinking... While I know it's true, how true is it?

https://www.profootb...ine-rankings-2/

 

Wk S / P - -- JT -- - -- JB -- - -- AM -- - -- JG -- -- MS --

01 12/ 67 +30-04 . +29-15 . +36-04 . +29-13 . +24-15

02 09/ 75 +30-13 . +37-07 . +31-09 . +31-06 . +25-22

03 10/ 61 +25-15 . +18-15 . +25-04 . +23-09 . +21-12

05 11/ 78 +22-08 . +22-08 . +24-11 . +21-10 . +18-12

.T 42/281 107-40 . 106-45 . 116-35 . 104-38 ... 88-61

Net . . . . . . +67 . . . . +61 . . . +81 . . . . +66 . . . +25

 

So with Mitch bringing up the rear at a +25, it's damn true... but there were a couple grade results that surprised me. These include:

• the size of Mack's lead;
• Greco not only being ahead of Bito, but pushing Thomas for second place; and
• the general decline in graded plays per game.

I think I know why this last point is occurring. I believe it is related to the growing number of plays when "influence" blocks are the norm. I noted this growth in my Week 5 analysis. That said, I cannot completely discount that my grading criteria may have changed thru the weeks.

 

What I did not expect to find in the summary are the Series/Plays patterns. While there's a bit of a "chicken and egg" thing in the data, the tight bunching of a random Series' count across wins and losses stands in contrast to the Play count data. In both wins the play count has exceeded 74. In both losses the Play count has fallen short of 68.