[BaseballMan]

Originally Posted by Slackker

I'm not sure I see the point in these statistics? Teams don't pass at Asomugha for several reasons.

• He's a top corner.
• They're usually winning by a wide margin, and pass less frequently.
• The other side of the field featured Fabian Washington in 2007, and DeAngelo Hall (mostly) in 2008.

He wasn't thrown at much in 2007 either, but the YPA when throwing at him (7.0) was only good enough to place him 30th in the league. Last year, with the 29 times he was thrown at (which you mentioned incorrectly as 27) the YPA was only 4.97, a drastic improvement. Still, several players fared better. Corey Webster (66 attempts, 3.92), Richard Marshall (39, 4.51), Mike Jenkins (38, 4.34), Darrelle Revis (72, 4.96), Sheldon Brown (63, 4.84), Samari Rolle (44, 4.07) and Brandon Flowers (66, 4.83). Those players were all thrown at more frequently, of course, but this DOES provide a better sample size.

Oh, and keep in mind the "thrown at" categories can get a little sketchy when zones are involved. So, throw the attempts, YPA, and all that out the window.

Showing single categories, or lumped categories all displaying basically the same stat, can be used to show just about anything you want.

Heck, according to the most comprehensive 'stat' I've seen.. William Gay was the best corner in the league last year -- and Stanford Routt was #10!

I'd really like to see a nice, easy metric for corners that includes everything. Wishful thinking, I guess.

Your reaching there.I dont know where you got the 29 from but i have also seen 25 listed. I just quoted the wikipedia article.
Routt was not a starter but i dont know about Gay.
When your a starter and the other teams refuses to pass to your side that says a lot. If it was just because nobody was passing to his side then im sure a coach would have taken a chance and he would be challenged. But they dont throw at him because they know he is the best. Bailey is good but i dont see coaches refusing to pass to his side. Even when he was in his prime. Aso held Steve Smith to the worst game of his career and other receivers didnt fare much better.
Another thing is that the raiders play mostly man-man.
You can argue if JRuss is a bust and you may or may not be right but to try and denie that Aso is the best db in the league right now is well laughable.