I’m not an evaluator, I’ll give you that.

But the principle of using the researchers definition of hit still stands.

Let’s assume for arguments sake that you right.

TJ has liabilities and is a below average starter. Havs is a starting JAG. (I’m not all that high on him BTW and think they are moving him to RG for precisely that reason. It’s not only about GRob…but I digress.)

Even with these things being true, in Casserly’s study, they are still considered starters and thus hits. And that’s entirely the right way to calculate it. Why?

Because there are 704 “starting” players in the league. I am 100% positive that you will agree – and pretty much everyone else on the board – that TJ and Hav are not the ONLY below average starters out of that 704 players. There are other players that their coaches are covering for.

If we’re going to ding TJ and Hav for being below average, there is about another 300 players in that 704 that should also similarly bring the draft grading of their teams down for being below average.

Hence, why we stick with a simple definition: starter = hit.

EDIT: Also, I’m pretty good at compiling and sorting data and pay attention to people who ARE respected evaluators. And I don’t believe that the league consensus is that TJ is a below average starter.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2017 10:32AM by dzrams.