Make It Official: Maroney, Graham NFL Worsts

by BR1 on Jan 7, 2011 10:36 AM MST

If you're a fan of metrics in baseball like I am, or even if you're not...it's interesting to see some of them popping up in football. Football Outsiders' DYAR (Defense-Adjusted Yards Against Replacement) rates a player based on his value above (or in our case, below) a hypothetical replacement, adjusted for the quality of defenses he faced. Further explained here.

Laurence Maroney did so poorly in the four games he appeared in that he compiled the biggest negative DYAR total of all RBs. Daniel Graham was the worst TE by a large margin, as well.

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So happy we traded for Maroney...

Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next

by waterboy31321 on Jan 7, 2011 10:47 AM MST reply actions

I just read your sig Waterboy

and I’m deeply sorry for your losses. I would feel the same way as you, but know – there are forces in this universe at work, that make sure what goes around, comes back around to those who use negative energy and do evil. Once again, I have a family and I would not rest until justice was served. God bless you brother.

"When Tim Tebow does pushups, he's not pushing himself up, he's pushing the world down."

by PaleHorse78 on Jan 7, 2011 11:34 AM MST up reply actions 2 recs

Without being too insensitive to the potential horrific nature of his sig.

It is a quote from the movie Gladiator

by DW76 on Jan 7, 2011 11:54 AM MST up reply actions

hahaha

Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next

by waterboy31321 on Jan 7, 2011 12:03 PM MST up reply actions

LOL this is hilarious

Half-man, half-bear, and half-pig. I like giving my two cents, but no one ever takes me cereal.

by manbearpig5000000 on Jan 7, 2011 12:27 PM MST up reply actions

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Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next

by waterboy31321 on Jan 7, 2011 10:50 AM MST reply actions

He looks more like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle to me

"When Tim Tebow does pushups, he's not pushing himself up, he's pushing the world down."

by PaleHorse78 on Jan 7, 2011 11:30 AM MST up reply actions

If he were a Ninja Turtle...

His weapon would be….

Inability to find holes?
The ability to dance behind the line of scrimmage?
Weapon of minimal extra burst

Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next

by waterboy31321 on Jan 7, 2011 2:27 PM MST up reply actions

What are the metrics for blocking TE’s? That would make Graham bad…
I hated the Maroney trade so much

by ConradA on Jan 7, 2011 10:53 AM MST reply actions

the metrics for running backs are kind of tangled together with an offensive line performance, and that’s when our offensive line was playing the worst… Maroney can’t be that bad.

by tunesmith on Jan 7, 2011 1:43 PM MST reply actions

Not if he has two legs, he can't

Looked like a toxic brew consisting of O-line dysfunction, predictable play-calling, and Maroney’s ~~dancing~~ running style.

by idahobronc on Jan 7, 2011 3:42 PM MST up reply actions

a hypothetical replacement

So somebody says if/then and we decide if the player is good.
If I were smarter I would have known the mega ball numbers! Some people have too much time on their hands

Opinions are like......, Well anyway, this is mine.
Don’t worry about it. As an ignorant redneck, I’m qualified to say that.

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by Sean in Pa. on Jan 7, 2011 3:17 PM MST reply actions

Hypothetical

In the sense the player isn’t actually being replaced. It replaces them with the average production at their position. So Maroney and Graham are that much worse than a typical player at the respective positions. Not that confusing.

The good ol’ boy “too much time on their hands”/metrics are for nerds!!!11 contingent is either intimidated by math or just ignorant. It’s especially prevalent in baseball.

Besides, are you trying to imply Maroney and Graham weren’t terrible this past season?

by BR1 on Jan 7, 2011 5:10 PM MST up reply actions