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Correlation vs. causation.  While I think reasonable minds can disagree on Hogan, I don't think looking at his win percentage is particularly instructive for all the same reasons that wins and losses by a starting pitcher are losing significance in baseball.  How would another quarterback fare with a dominant defense and run game churning out NFL draft picks the last two years, plus pass protection that (until this season) rarely broke down and gave all day to throw?  In my humble opinion, this team has been winning the past two seasons with quarterback as the weakest position group on the field, except for the kicking game.

I am cautiously optimistic that Shaw's analysis will be more robust than simply Hogan's win-loss record.

I'd say tight end was the weakest position group on the field last year.  Two years ago, it probably was QB, as we had Nunes for the first half, and a very inexperienced Hogan for the second half.  But also, the wide receiving corps (outside Drew Terrell) didn't do much to distinguish itself.  Montgomery had an off year (and was injured).  To give you an idea of how bad things were for our WR's, our top receiver was a tight end.  The entire corps of wide receivers had only 18 more receptions than Ertz did.  Combined, the accounted for 36% of the receptions, and 37% of the total receiving yards of our offense.  31 players had more receiving yards than our entire wide receiving group.  Hell, West Virginia, Duke, Oregon State all had two wide receivers that had more receiving yards than our entire group.

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Correlation vs. causation.  While I think reasonable minds can disagree on Hogan, I don't think looking at his win percentage is particularly instructive for all the same reasons that wins and losses by a starting pitcher are losing significance in baseball.  How would another quarterback fare with a dominant defense and run game churning out NFL draft picks the last two years, plus pass protection that (until this season) rarely broke down and gave all day to throw?  In my humble opinion, this team has been winning the past two seasons with quarterback as the weakest position group on the field, except for the kicking game.

I am cautiously optimistic that Shaw's analysis will be more robust than simply Hogan's win-loss record.

I'd say tight end was the weakest position group on the field last year.  Two years ago, it probably was QB, as we had Nunes for the first half, and a very inexperienced Hogan for the second half.  But also, the wide receiving corps (outside Drew Terrell) didn't do much to distinguish itself.  Montgomery had an off year (and was injured).  To give you an idea of how bad things were for our WR's, our top receiver was a tight end.  The entire corps of wide receivers had only 18 more receptions than Ertz did.  Combined, the accounted for 36% of the receptions, and 37% of the total receiving yards of our offense.  31 players had more receiving yards than our entire wide receiving group.  Hell, West Virginia, Duke, Oregon State all had two wide receivers that had more receiving yards than our entire group.

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