So I was just watching the beginning of the Chiefs Texans game and realized that Mahomes didn't look very heavily pressured so far. He's run it a couple times, but really not had a huge sack threat yet and the HOU D-Line has looked kind of slower than I remember.

Made me think: After (imo) Kobie got snubbed for DROY last year, how has he compared to the winner so far in 2024?

And then, I got really annoyed seeing their PFF grades comparatively. Kobie Turner ranks significantly higher in all actual tracked stats except for sacks (but then they're both rank 5 at their position for sacks, and WA is always going to have more due to being DE vs DT). Yet Turner is graded at only 78.0, and Anderson is graded a full TEN points higher at 88.1??

I know that PFF is far from the end all be all of advanced stats, and I generally don't put much stock into them to begin with. But I really was hoping to be validated on this point that Turner is equal to or greater than Will Anderson Jr, which I still just think is flat out believe to be true.

I guess does anyone have thoughts or see anything as to why WA is being so much more highly regarded even into season 2? Draft position/name recognition in season 1, yeah I get it. And Saks are the important, flashy stat for awards if you're going to win them.

But the disrespect of that grading difference seems extremely intentional. Does PFF not even track vocal range? Because like c'mon man, Turner is the better overall football player thus far after a little less than 2 seasons.

https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/will-anderson/123903#gradesWidget

https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/kobie-turner/66894#gradesWidget

2 comments

  1. PFF for DT vs DE is vastly different.

    DT has a heavy focus on run stopping, double team rate and gap control. DE is heavily weighted towards sacks and pass rush win rate. It’s really hard to compare the two positions from a PFF standpoint.

    When PFF rates a player they have multiple people watch all plays and grade the player based on his responsibilities during that specific play. Since the responsibilities are different, the stats are weighted differently.

    I don’t think there is any conspiracy or bias towards certain players.

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