re: Can PFF explain how Tua scored so low against auburn

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I understand the idea of knocking QBs for incompletions that should have been interceptions and not giving them credit for screen/pop passes that turn into 60 yard TDs, but completing a 40 yard pass to a guy who doesn't have a defender within 10 yards of him really shouldn't be viewed much differently.

Any semi-competent college QB should be able to make that throw with relative ease.

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I'm a big fan of analytics and more insightful stats, but analytics works much better for baseball and even basketball than football. The "graders" are having to make educated guesses on assignments and the intent of the play and that leads to a lot of subjective results.

Baseball has a concept of "Value over Replacement Player" (VORP) - it was developed to address exactly the problem that you described earlier (throwing to wide open receivers)