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It's an efficiency rating, just like the Passer Rating. You can rack up a bunch of yards, but how many carries did it take to get those yards? What are his rates of touchdowns and fumbles based on the number of carries? Who is the better back: the one that carries the ball 200 times for 2,000 yards or the one that carries 100 times for 2,000 yards? The same with touchdowns and fumbles, which can be game-changers.

As some of you know, I developed a Rusher Rating System, similar to the NFL's Passer Rating System. Well, Fred Jackson led all of Week 2 rushers with this system. As a team, Buffalo led in Offensive Rusher Rating for the week and have moved up to number three for the season. Article on Cold Hard Football Facts

RIP Lee Roy. A great player and an even greater person.

All I would do is ask questions that can only be answered by buying one of my books. Seriously, the Super Bowl question is fine. Anything that would require an additional step is good and any Bills fan should know the number of Super Bowls they attended. If you are a fan of another team and want to discuss upcoming games, it is not too much to ask them to learn a simple trivia question about our team before joining the discussion.

Happy Birthday, Sweetie!!

Sorry. My bad.

How hard could it be? Pro football history only goes back to 1960. He must have played before pro football history began.

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I agree with some of the comments here regarding SABR-metrics and its application to football. I have always said that stats without context are meaningless. You can try to apply stats to the discussion and you can continue to analyze players using revised stats, but you will always be left with intangibles associated with a team game. Next on my list is an overall offensive rating and defensive rating. Now that we have the rusher rating and passer rating, we can use those concepts to create the overall offensive and defensive ratings. I think that is a better indicator than the individual rusher and passer ratings, as it takes into account team play and not individual play. It is going to take time and you will never find the perfect formula. However, that should never stop you from trying to get a better handle on what is happening on the field. Just never lose sight of the fact that stats will never tell the whole story. It doesn't happen in baseball and it will never happen in football. The items included in the tables were an editorial decision by Kerry Byrne (the guy who runs CHFF). I gave him all of the raw data. This is just the first stab at creating a rusher rating system. It will continue to evolve over time and other aspects (like the receiving aspect) will be added and tweaked. As I mentioned in my other post, it can also start to give us an overall offensive and defensive rating, which I think will be a better indicator since it involves the "team" and not the "individual." Thank you for the comments.

What are your thoughts on this? Rusher Rating System Right now, this is just the rushing aspect of the rating system. The receiving component will be in a future article, making it a more complete system. With normalization, you can compare performances across eras.

"I also love the easy opening cans." R.I.P. Bubba.

George Groves, guard and linebacker for the original Buffalo Bills, passed away a few days ago. I interviewed him a few years ago and he was great. The original Bills are quickly leaving us. Obit

Seeing the trend of the Seniors selectors, the age of the player is a stumbling block. He played before the beginning of pro football in 1960. Since 2000, 18 players have been finalists for the HOF. Of those, only Dick LeBeau, Marshall Goldberg, Benny Friedman, Fritz Pollard and Gene Hickerson played before 1960. LeBeau only played one year before 1960 (started in 1959) and let's be honest: he was inducted based on his coaching and not as a player. Hickerson only played two years before 1960. Therefore, both players played the bulk of their career after 1960. Goldberg is roundly criticized as a joke candidate, so that leaves Friedman and Pollard as the only two legitimate pre-1960 candidates as finalists. Only two to represent the first 40 years of NFL history!! Even if you include Goldberg, that is three of 18 (16.7%) to cover 44.4% of the league's history!! Dilweg wasn't shabby on offense. He did what he was supposed to do for the position: block. Still, his offensive stats still beat out HOF ends who played after him.

Things are a little different with the seniors. There is a mail vote to get the list down to a manageable level. Then, they meet in Canton and talk to advisers (usually Joe Horrigan and a HOFer or two). They will then make their decision. I have definitely one, possibly two seniors selectors firmly on my side. Of the nine member committee, only five vote in a given year and it rotates each year. I have received luke-warm or no responses from the other selectors. One selector stated that there is a LOT of pressure from coaches and players to get Ken Anderson in this year. Other selectors have specific players they want in (the names they have given me are decent, but not as good as Dilweg). A retired selector stated that the committee looks to historians to get information on the older players (that is where I come in). That is how Benny Friedman and Frtiz Pollard got in a few years ago. Benny Friedman's case was from Bob Carroll, my predecessor at the PFRA. Pollard's case was from Joel Bussert, who is now in the NFL offices. He is a long-time PFRA member. Another selector stated that Hall of Famers carry the most weight. That is how Chris Hanburger got in last year. I am working to get Bart Starr to help out. The problem with Starr is that he would support Jerry Kramer before he would support a Packer from a previous era. The selectors might look at the number of Lombardi Packers in the HOF and might vote against Dilweg for fear of having too many Packers in there. My philosophy is that it does not matter what team they played for. If they are deserving, put them in. He was not part of the Lombardi Packers, so that argument carries little weight with me. Dilweg made the final 15 last year, so there is hope that he could make the final two this year. If Anderson gets one of the spots, that makes it more difficult as there is a push for a few other players. We will find out in August. I keep putting it out there. The Packer Report published this article and I have mentioned it on Fox Sports Radio in Wisconsin when I was interviewed last week. Here is the podcast: My interview. Just go to 6-30-11 and my spot is about 1 hour 20 minutes into the show.

I am not a member of the media. If I were a selector, Lavern Dilweg would be in the Hall of Fame. Here is why...

Fixed. The owners do not vote for the HOF. It is strictly the media.

Here is my article from this morning: Obit As K-9 mentioned, he truly defined the position of tight end as a vertical threat. In my opinion, he was the greatest tight end of all time.

The guy was from Camden. 'Nuff said.

Cheesesteaks? Jim's on South Street. As far as a Philly meetup, there are plenty of great places for food/beer.

I think that all of about five minutes when into the research and writing of that slideshow. Also, I wish people would stop using "...of NFL History" when they ignore half of the history of the NFL in their analysis/research.

Possibly. I am not sure if they would make the cut, however. Anyone can be nominated, but it would be difficult to get past the first cut.

I would guess Hull, Tasker, Bennett, Talley, and Ballard are possibilities.

We have had a lot of media attention since our press release last week. I have been doing a bunch of interviews over the last two weeks, with more in the works. Pro Football Weekly is doing a story on it, which should come out next week. I was on ESPN Radio in St. Louis on Sunday and ESPN Radio in Wisconsin wants to talk to me sometime next week. A story appeared on FoxSports.com, the Buffalo News, Packer Report and several other outlets. A bunch of HOF selectors have also contacted me. The lockout has definitely helped give more attention to the HOVG.

Wifey and I like that show. When we saw the previews for the Buffalo episode, it looked pretty cool.

Thank you!!