META: UFR Question
October 14th, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^
0 is uncatchable, 1 is marginal, 2 a relatively easy catch, and 3 should be automatic.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^
The passes to each receiver are graded on toughness to catch, and then the fraction is the number of those passes that were caught.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
3 is an easy catch. 2 is a harder catch, but it should still be caught. 1 requires acrobatics to catch. 0 is uncatchable. Each spot on the grid is number of catches/number of attempts. The left set of numbers is for the game, the right is for the season.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:30 PM ^
Charles Woodson could catch a 0.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:21 PM ^
i find it extremely strange that brian doesn't put this stuff in the mouseover text given that he keeps emphasizing that you can mouseover the QB chart.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:42 PM ^
Extremely strange? I find it hard to believe that it's any more than somewhat strange.
October 14th, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^
Brian mentioned earlier this season that he'd replace the numbers with text. Hopefully he does this. There's certainly enough room to do it
October 14th, 2011 at 12:22 PM ^
thank you much. i figured it was something like that, but wasn't sure.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:26 PM ^
Does anybody know why Quarterback passing is not included in the UFR? Is it just too hard to tell what the quarterback is seeing from video, or just too much work involved?
October 14th, 2011 at 12:36 PM ^
If not, then you might try the very first chart after the play-by-play; It IS the QB's passing.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:36 PM ^
What do you mean? He has a QB passing chart.
October 14th, 2011 at 1:24 PM ^
I'm talking about on the final + - numbers, I see the OL, the Backs and Receivers, but I don't see anything for the QBs
October 14th, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
The bottom chart you're referring to is not a "Final +/- chart", but more the running/blocking/protection chart. DR and DG are both there under backs,as in reference to their running game (passing still broken out above). The WRs you see here are for their blocking etc (receiving also above - i.e. note Jr's lack of numbers here, as opposed to good day he had in receiving chart).
October 14th, 2011 at 3:38 PM ^
I see the play by play chart, then I see the other chart with 2009 all of it and I also see the receiver catching chart, but I don't see anything that has Denard or Devin and their individual passing chart.
October 14th, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
That's the one. That is Denard's passing chart. (It has all of 2009, and select 2010 games for comparison - i.e. show progression/regression).
I don't think we have a separate chart for DG b/c of how few snaps (passing snaps for purposes of this chart) he's in on. Although Brian did list DGs stats in sentence form right below the chart:
"Gardner picked up a TA (the three yard run after a jet fake), a SCR (TD), and a CA+(Jackson to the three).
For now the chart is Denard.
October 14th, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
Alright, got it, I guess I never realized thats what that was. Thanks for all the help man!
October 14th, 2011 at 12:30 PM ^
Is there a reason why it is 1, 2, 3, 4 and isn't consisent with the nomenclature for the QBs?
DO |
CA | MA | IN |
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October 14th, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
Brian handles the QB chart and his (lazy) alter ego does the receivers chart.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:38 PM ^
They don't always correlate. For instance, a pass that is scored "DO" may still require the reciever to make a very difficult catch.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^
Maybe I'm missing something, but how can a pass simultaneously be dead-on and very difficult to catch?
October 14th, 2011 at 12:55 PM ^
The example that immediately comes to mind for me is a back shoulder throw on a fade route. The QB can make a perfect throw, but the reciever may still have to make a very difficult catch by contorting his body and staying in bounds.
In general any throw into tight coverage may be considered dead on if it is placed in a spot where only the reciever can get it, but that doesn't mean the reciever won't have to make a tough catch by diving, adjusting, etc.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
If the pass hits the receiver in the numbers, but the receiver is busy texting his girl, then you'd get a DO pass that is very difficult to catch.
October 14th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^
A defender bearing down on him, getting hit nwhile trying to make the catch and still catching it. Etc.
October 14th, 2011 at 1:01 PM ^
but a better example would be the following: If a wide-open receiver has to stop his route to catch a lazy fly, it can be an easy catch (3), but it would never get the "DO" designation.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
Speaking of UFR, now that we're ~halfway through the season, it might be cool to see aggregated +/- totals for each player. Just a thought.
October 14th, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
I already asked, and brian shot it down saying that the numbers aren't meant to be used in that manner.
October 14th, 2011 at 2:07 PM ^
How come some of the down/distance/formation header rows are shaded light blue while others are just the normal gray/whatever background color? I can't seem to find any common denominator as to why some are one color and others are another.
October 14th, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^
I've been wondering the same thing for a few weeks.