Yup. I'm one of them.
For those that think it's a useless statistic, or that I just piss on Tyler for laughs. Go to the link. Now that I actually have that grid, I might slice and dice it in Excel.
What it tells me is that Tyler has YAC of 26% of total yards. Let's float in the middle of the grid. I'll pick Dallas Goedert as an example. He's middle of the pac for yac. He's got 60% YAC of total yards. He's the middle. So, using his number, Tyler should have, and let's take 50% as a number for a target - approximately 516 YAC. He's got 274. So, he's leaving 242 yards in YAC on the 'table' making business decisions. So, 242/1033 is 23% of his YAC job that he's 'not doing'.
If I had an employee (when I did) - if they said to me - can I just show up and do 75% of my job, and would that be cool with you? 'Cause I gotta stay fresh for my other job?
They track YAC for performance across players. I'm quite sure that some performance bonuses are keyed around this number also - or for sure total yards.
So, no, I'm not cool with it. Neither are 2 or 3 articles that I've posted on the matter. Neither is Murph from Top Billin' - irrespective of what you think of him.
If you're telling me that between DK (no analysis done) and Tyler that the sewing circle isn't affecting game results with another 500-700 yards between them potentially YAC - they you're delusional. That might have been the difference in tilting 2-4 games into the win column.
Anyhow - I'd say rant off - but don't let a little bit of factual analysis burn too much.
And as a final clarification - I do not hate Tyler. I wish he would do his ENTIRE job. See JSN get immediate Vert after the catch on the camp videos? THAT.