Dawgs By Nature
There are so many ways to look at and evaluate professional football. Pro Football Focus does grades, FTN’s DVOA gives some distinct data points, EPA gives a big picture number and things like RAS scores tell you how athletic a player is. Others just look at box scores and who won to calculate backward what was good or bad (outcome-oriented evaluation).
There is nothing like just watching football.
Watching the Cleveland Browns in Week 10, fans knew a few things:
Yet, despite that, we got news on Tuesday morning that Gabriel is up for the AFC Rookie of the Week Award:
If you just look at the box score, it is still amazing that Gabriel is nominated: 17 for 32 for 167 yards and two touchdowns. Having two scores and zero interceptions isn’t a bad thing, but even PFF gave him just a 63.5 grade.
The film might have been worse with a few throws lowlighted here:
Given his competition, Gabriel seems unlikely to come away with the award:
However, it is a fan vote that decides who wins. Given how Browns fans got Peyton Hillis on the Madden cover a few years ago, it would not be surprising if Gabriel has a much better chance than his performance indicates.
We told you that you’d never guess this news (unless you had seen it elsewhere already).
