Quote:I'm not making fun of physical attributes. I'm making fun of your dedication to them in the face of statistical proof that you put your professional eye test ahead of the actual output on the field. You want DFJ to be a bust so badly because of your man crush on Beasley or your dislike of Bradley/Caldwell that you are unwilling to accept the fact that your evaluation is unreasonable. That's all. Yeah, Beasley had great numbers, Fowler got taken higher and Beasley has performed well after 2 seasons. But Fowler also got hurt, is putting up numbers that same as Beasley did at the time and has only played 11 games as a pro. So come on down off that mountain you've put yourself on and accept that the case for Fowler is still undecided.

Take however long you want to decide on Fowler, I've said that many times. 11 games is SSS no doubt. But he should be showing more flashes than unblocked stunt pressures and whatever that rope a dope backwards pass rush last week was. Beasley was flashing all over the place (hence how he led all rookies in pressures and was solidly a DE1 among all pass rushers), to the point that he completely took over the game last year in the upset win over the undefeated Panthers.

 

Just taking 10 seconds and looking at a box score to try to prove a point in either direction is foolhardy, especially when it comes to the sack stat that has more noise in it than any other stat in the sport. I believe it was LeCharles Bentley that broke down how bad of a stat it was in a very good article but I can't find it off hand. I'll post it if I can find it later.

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