(09-07-2023, 12:37 PM)Hetfield Wrote:

(09-06-2023, 07:08 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Their overall roster is very bad. Jags have them beat at every single position except DT (Bucknner).

Funny you should say this.  I was wondering if the Colts were as bad as reported, so I plotted out both teams’ starting line-ups on paper, using PFF grades.  For rookies and first-year starters, well, those were all obvious wins for their veteran counterparts.  I had to make a couple of obvious adjustments (like giving us Ridley, even though his last pff grade was 6.4 points lower than Pittman).  The results were surprising: both teams had 10 clearly better players, with two ties (RG and NB).  The distribution is even more interesting: the Jags won every offensive skill position and the secondary.  The Colts got the OL and 5 of the 6 DL&LB positions (I assume Nickel D for both teams). 

Obviously, pff grading has its limitations, but these teams are closer in talent than I assumed.  Of course, the QB position is our biggest advantage, and it happens to be the most important position on the field.  But I’d say the myth that we’re better at every single position is DEBUNKED!