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Originally Posted by IndyNorm
Not sure what PFF uses to gauge their rankings, but the Colts OL gave up the 2nd most sacks in the league (60) and despite the improvement in the run game over the final 1/3 of the season they still finished in the bottom third of the league in both rushing yards/carry and rushing yards/game (23rd in both).
They were a shit show.
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I don't know exactly, either, and I don't claim that PFF is anything more than another piece of information among many... But I believe they break down plays, grade them individually, and then aggregate them for an overall score.
In that sense, it's similar to how a position coach would break down game film and give players a grade based on individual plays being scored. Apparently Sparano and these guys watched film and came away thinking they were closer than the results indicate. That doesn't make sense to a lot of us.
This is one of those things where I think we can miss the trees for the forest (when it's typically the other way around) because we don't comb through film play by play or understand assignments. We see the sack totals, the rushing yards, and the losses and conclude that these guys don't even belong in the NFL.
I'm not saying they secretly played well and nobody could see it. Just offering a possible explanation for why they haven't seemed desperate, but actually optimistic in these interviews.