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Chris H's avatar

Not at all worried about Tyler. His numbers will be there at the end of the season if he stays healthy. Defenses are all different, and game plans change. Some weeks will be his, some not so much.

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"Tell me which numbers you’d like me to run and we’ll see if that puts 31+ year old receivers in a better light."

Ooooooo...you challenge me, sir...'cuz, while your conclusion may be correct, you have not shown whether the drop in productivity is a) unique to the position, or b) generally true across all positions as a function of age or c) due to a distinction of injury rate (or severity) between different positions, or d) due to a statistical interaction (covariance) with a new QB (or, for that matter, with any other relevant position). And, for any of those, you'd have to assess the "noise" (that is, pure randomosity of the numbers).

AT BEST, the data listed could be used (if totalled) to suggest "old guys have less aggregate production", and that's about it. But you could NOT say (based on the data shown) whether it is MORE true for WR than for any other position. Also, to make your point, show how the average productivity of 29+ compares to that of younger WRs...you'd still have to adjust for targeting (and, probably, number of snaps), ask that covariance question, and assess the randomness contribution.

Back in the day (NO! No "Once Upon a Time", here!) I used to refer to this practice as "Fun With Numbers", and my commentary thereupon used to be more...oh, what is word?....old school...Theory X...Type A Personality...none of those really work!

Oh...there it is! "Cranky".

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