re: This is why rankings are biased and suck....qb related

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I’m not trying to be obtuse, but is that what rankings are based on? My son is a kicker, and their rankings are SOLEY based on camp results (and the potential those results imply)…no matter what ranking service you go by. They rank on their camp results. I wish at least one of the services based rankings off of on field performance.

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On field performance certainly matters but I think it’s easy to see why coaches and scouts value camps so much.

On field performance has so many variables - system you’re in, talent on your team, level of competition, etc. All of those variables, and more, have such a wide variance from any one player to the next.

But if you look at camps, those variables are much more neutralized and you’re grading/judging players on a much more even playing field.

I’m not saying actual games don’t matter and camps are end all be all, just that I understand why they are of such importance to scouts trying to make these really difficult judgements about thousands of players.