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20 minutes ago, Geezy said:

He also had a few sacks taken away by BS penalties too. Kid balled. 

Undoubtedly. Inflated by the one game is a dumb take. How many great players stats are inflated by games like that? Plenty. He was present nearly every week, and didn't even start the season playing while healing from the broken hand. A very good showing for a 4th rounder, and probably the best value pick of the entire draft based on year one production. If he got the penalty sacks back and started the season healthy with full camp, maybe he has 13 or 15 sacks. 

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Shook: Darren Waller, Oakland Raiders. Pick your jaw up off the floor. We good? OK. So, yes, this is a bit surprising, but so was opening the deep trove of Next Gen Stats to reveal all tight ends with at least 75 targets and find Waller as the No. 2 tight end, behind Travis Kelce in some metrics and George Kittle in others. Why does Waller earn the nod? His receiving yards per target mark of 9.8 is tied for first. His catch percentage above expectation (7.0) is second among tight ends with at least 1,000 receiving yards, close to Kittle (7.6) and nearly 3 percentage points better than Kelce (4.3). And Waller's yards after catch gained above expectation (plus-116) stood first, while Kittle (67) was sixth and Kelce (17) was 26th. Yes, Kittle did what he did in fewer games, but no one saw Waller coming -- well, except Jerry O'Connell on Good Morning Football three years ago. Kittle and Kelce will earn their much-deserved praise everywhere else. We're giving it to this little-known advanced-metrics stud.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001093807/article/2019-nfl-allpro-teams-eye-test-vs-next-gen-stats-offense

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Shook: Richie Incognito, Oakland Raiders; Marshal Yanda, Baltimore Ravens. Quenton Nelson is a damn good guard, but Next Gen Stats only allows us to evaluate on the team scale, so with the help of the tape (we're breaking rules!) and the rate of pressure, hurries, sacks and overall passer rating, we're identifying the best at their positions. Richie Incognito's influence and contribution to the Raiders' offensive line, especially after losing Kelechi Osemele, is undeniable. Incognito brought a toughness that the group might have lacked in recent years; he mauls opponents, exerting his will on opposing defensive linemen on nearly every down. He's a big reason why Josh Jacobs broke 1,000 rushing yards as a rookie and why Derek Carr posted his first 100-plus passer rating of his career (and had a time-to-release of 2.82 seconds, higher than any in his previous three seasons). Oakland only allowed 76 hurries and a quarterback pressure percentage of 18.8, third best in the league, in large part due to Incognito.

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Wesseling: Rodney Hudson, Oakland Raiders. Two hurries, one QB hit, zero sacks. That's Pro Football Focus' full tally of the pass-rushing "damage" done against Hudson on over 900 snaps this season. Until right tackle Trent Brown's late-season injury issues, the Raiders' offensive line was among the position groups that most exceeded expectations in 2018, paving the way for Josh Jacobs' Offensive Rookie of the Year-caliber campaign.

Shook: Rodney Hudson, Oakland Raiders. It's very difficult to look past Oakland's top-two marks in QB pressure rate (as mentioned above, 18.5 percent), sacks surrendered (27) and hurries (68), even with Carr's low time to throw. Hudson was the orchestrator of the group responsible for those numbers. At 30 years old, Hudson remains as steady as they come at the position, helping the group play reliably and the Raiders surprise some folks before tailing off at the end of the season.

 

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1 hour ago, NCOUGHMAN said:

Don’t understand why some on here are so down on mo. 

I did not even think he played 193 snaps.  I think he it is because he wins but does very little with those wins.  Once he starts finishing plays then he will start to get some recognition.

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