MHR Poll of the Week: Reviewing How you Graded the Broncos

So last week we had possible the most indepth poll Mile High Report has ever seen. I had you grade each player on the roster on a variety of topics ranging from consistency to speed. We got a ton of responses, and I'm thankful for those who put the time in to answer our questions.

Today we'll be reviewing that poll and discussing a few interesting things that stood out to me. Shouldn't be anything to deep here, but some fun things I found about some answered the poll questions.

Short introduction, I know, but why waste time?

Review:

So I won't go too much into each question that was asked, you can check out the numbers from that by clicking on the link above and looking at the poll. Instead I'll combine all the responses for each player and compile it into one score. Now for those who didn't vote, we graded players on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best. We covered every position besides quarterback because we all know how the grading there would work out. Let's look at an introductory table looking at the positions:

Table 1: Summery

Position	Average Ranking	Best Rank	Worst Rank	Deviation
Cornerback	3.55	4.46 (Bailey)	2.95 (Thompson)	0.563
Offensive Line	3.48	3.95 (Kuper)	2.97 (Walton)	0.444
Wide Receiver	3.47	3.60 (Decker)	3.19 (Caldwell)	0.195
Linebacker	3.20	3.76 (Miller)	2.64 (Irving)	0.451
Defensive End	3.11	3.89 (Dumervil)	2.52 (Beal)	0.547
Running Back	3.07	3.37 (McGahee)	2.62 (Ball)	0.353
Defensive Tackle	2.99	3.15 (Wolfe)	2.83 (Vickerson)	0.127
Tight End	2.95	3.32 (Dreessen)	2.54 (Thomas)	0.378
Safety	2.95	3.34 (Adams)	2.53 (Moore)	0.368

From this table we can see, and sort, a few things:

- Ranking of each position
- Their top and bottom performance
- The deviation, or how far apart were the players (Defensive tackle ranked higher than tight end, but since TE had a higher deviation, they weren't all as bad)

Fun things to note:

- Andre Caldwell is the top ranked "worst" player at his position while Jeremy Beal is the worst.
- Derek Wolfe is the worst ranked "best" player while Champ Bailey was the best.
- Cornerback had the highest deviation since Champ was the best ranked player so it's hard to for the rest of the group to keep up.
- Defensive tackle was the lowest deviation, and begin so low on the list lends itself to seeming that the whole squad is below average whereas with a tight end or safety, two positions which have solid players bu also have some bad players.

Table 2 and 3: Top and Bottom 5 Players

Top 5 Players	Ranking	Position
Champ Bailey	4.46	CB
Chris Kuper	3.95	OL
Ryan Clady	3.90	OL
Elvis Dumervil	3.89	DE
Von Miller	3.76	LB

Bottom 5 Players	Ranking	Position
Nate Irving	2.64	LB
Lance Ball	2.62	RB
Jeremy Beal	2.62	DE
Julius Thomas	2.54	TE
Rahim Moore	2.53	S

Pretty simple table, though Kuper being so high is surprising. One other thing is the 2011 draft class sure doesn't rank too well currently, the 2012 season may change that.

Tables 4 and 5: Most and Fewest

Pretty simple as well, this will just list which players had the most or fewest of a score. So we can see which player had the fewest 1 votes or see which player had the most 3's.

	Name	% of Total Votes	Position	Rank
Most 1's	Julius Thomas	19.4%	TE	2.54
Most 2's	Lance Ball	40.2%	RB	2.62
Most 3's	Jason Hunter	59.7%	DE	2.86
Most 4's	Eric Decker	55.0%	WR	3.60
Most 5's	Champ Bailey	73.2%	CB	4.46

	Name	% of Total Votes	Position	Rank
Least 1's	Chris Harris	0.3%	CB	3.52
Least 2's	Champ Bailey	1.0%	CB	4.46
Least 3's	Champ Bailey	4.5%	CB	4.46
Least 4's	Jeremy Beal	2.5%	DE	2.52
Least 5's	David Bruton	0.0%	S	2.78

Champ Bailey was a boss, owning the best category of Most 5's and two of the best "worst" category by having the Fewest 2'd and 3's. David Bruton, while having a decent rank, got zero 5 votes. Jason Hunter the perfect average player, with 59.7% of his votes coming in at 3.

Table 6: Player Ranks

This last table is pretty much everything that has been compiled and compressed for spaces sake.

Name	Position	Rank
Willis McGahee	Running Back	3.34
Knowshon Moreno	Running Back	2.97
Ronnie Hillman	Running Back	3.37
Lance Ball	Running Back	2.62
Demaryius Thomas	Wide Receiver	3.52
Eric Decker	Wide Receiver	3.60
Andre Caldwell	Wide Receiver	3.17
Brandon Stokley	Wide Receiver	3.56
Joel Dreessen	Tight End	3.32
Jacob Tamme	Tight End	3.21
Julius Thomas	Tight End	2.54
Virgil Green	Tight End	2.74
Ryan Clady	Offensive Lineman	3.90
Zane Beadles	Offensive Lineman	3.14
J.D. Walton	Offensive Lineman	2.97
Chris Kuper	Offensive Lineman	3.95
Orlando Franklin	Offensive Lineman	3.45
Derek Wolfe	Defensive Tackle	3.15
Justin Bannan	Defensive Tackle	3.03
Kevin Vickerson	Defensive Tackle	2.83
Ty Warren	Defensive Tackle	2.96
Elvis Dumervil	Defensive End	3.89
Robert Ayers	Defensive End	3.32
Jason Hunter	Defensive End	2.86
Malik Jackson	Defensive End	2.73
Jeremy Beal	Defensive End	2.52
D.J. Williams	Linebacker	3.35
Joe Mays	Linebacker	2.83
Von Miller	Linebacker	3.76
Wesley Woodyard	Linebacker	3.33
Nate Irving	Linebacker	2.64
Champ Bailey	Cornerback	4.46
Tracy Porter	Cornerback	3.38
Drayton Florence	Cornerback	3.32
Chris Harris	Cornerback	3.52
Syd'Quan Thompson	Cornerback	2.95
Mike Adams	Safety	3.34
Quinton Carter	Safety	3.15
David Bruton	Safety	2.78
Rahim Moore	Safety	2.53

There's a lot here, but it will be interesting to see how Mile High Reports rankings play out this season, thanks for those who voted. Overall, the Broncos look like a good team, should make for an exciting season.