Texans Training Camp

[HPF Bob]

Well, since ESPN dumped actual NFL reporters like John Clayton and Ed Werder in a salary purge, of course they will replace actual reporting with guys who just want to massage data to say whatever they want to say. It's cheaper to blow numbers out their asses than do some actual x's-and-o's analysis.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Well, since ESPN dumped actual NFL reporters like John Clayton and Ed Werder in a salary purge, of course they will replace actual reporting with guys who just want to massage data to say whatever they want to say. It's cheaper to blow numbers out their asses than do some actual x's-and-o's analysis.

Barnwell is 10Xs better than Clayton and Werder. All you get with Clayton and Werder is mouth pieces for team 'sources'. I've never seen a bit of analysis or opinion from them, they simply say what they're told. And because of that they are dependent on those sources to stay relevant. So they can't ever go against a team or step out of line, because it would mean their sources would dry up and they'd stop being useful. Why not just read press releases or the team twitter if you want to hear from a team? Why the middle man?

Barnwell may be in love with DVOA, but more thought goes into one of his overlong articles than everything written by Clayton and Werder combined in the last decade.