Journal #5: Their Rating

The biggest thing that sports enthusiasts want to know about is the stats.  If they cant analyze and compare players then it isn't as fun.  Most sports this is pretty easy to accomplish.  In baseball you can look at a pitchers ERA or a batters hitting average but what can be done for football?  That is the exact question this article brings up.  They create a way of grading players by what they have done in their first five years in the NFL.  This makes it so that we can see what athletes to that point have had a more successful career.  It is not a for sure way of grading them but it is close enough to a statistical way.  The article also goes into showing the best and worst player at the position over the last decade which is interesting to see.  If you want to see how they calculate this or are just interested in the best and worst players click here to view.