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Who are you going to believe? PFF or your lyin' eyes?

Sorry if someone else already posted this, but I don't remember seeing the post.

This is Williams post game interview. Definitely seems deflated (don't blame him). Not sure I understand his take on that last question about how close we were. I mean close isn't the goal.

www.chicagobears.com/video/eberflus-kmet-edmunds-reflect-on-week-2-press-conference

I trust my eyes, and my ears when listening to people that have been proven to be trustworthy. 

I don't trust subjective stat mongers who grade players while openly admitting they don't know what those players are supposed to do on any given play. Webb and Shay were when PFF lost me 100%. Specifically, Webb over Bushrod and Shea over Peppers; even more Shea b/c of "pressures". he was out of the league not long after that. That's why I've said PFF is trash; EXCEPT for the teams that can take their information, remove the inherently false information that only the teams are privy to, and keep the rest.

But more importantly I've learned to listen to people that know more than me, who've taken their love for the sport/team/position and gone the extra mile to study it and understand it. Even then I test it against others w/similar skills. Fact is I'll listen to someone like Thayer or Brown on the Bears OL over a national media guy who might have only been given talking points or the highlights. I know Thayer and Brown played on the lines and know what they are expected to do. I also know they don't just watch the game, or highlights, but will go back and rewatch and study the game. Lasty I look at the stats. Stats can and do lie, but there are truths in there also if you look broadly and add them w/what you see and hear.

Their input is far more valuable than my opinion, and when multiple different people I respect come to the same conclusion, and you see others like Kruetz also come to those conclusions, AND they match what my eyes see and the stats match...well there ya go. 

That doesn't mean I will or have to always agree w/them either. If what they are saying diverges to much from what I'm seeing and to much from the stats then I can and will disregard those statements. I also don't have to listen outside of the position they know best. I'll take Millers opinion on QB play over Browns or Briggs anyday. I'll take a HC who's had proven success w/qb's or a specific position over a players also. Bill B I'll listen to, b/c I don't believe he'll make statements he doesn't believe in, nor aren't his actual own. When he said he wasn't impressed w/CWill b/c the stats didn't allow him to be, I understood the point, even if I didn't agree with it. But it's backed up in live games now. CWill and this O have struggled to make completions and put the ball in the endzone. It's a valid point, even if I don't like it.