mighty teams sometimes peer bad in the preseason. Terrible teams often peer pretty first-rate. Decent teams sometimes peer awesome,sometimes ridiculous. Final scores are worse than meaningless (they are misleading), but first-quarter and halftime scores can uncover you more than you contemplate. Preseason results don’t matter, or but preseason performance often does.
These preseason grades don’t actually grade the preseason; otherwise the Eagles would get an A-plus-plus-plus and everyone else would just be watching. They are grades entering the season,so the Seahawks get the benefit of the doubt that Russell Wilson won’t get sacked once per drive and the Teddy Bridgewater bandwagon doesn’t get to pull up legal in front of the Super Bowl.
But these grades are informed by the preseason, and you will see some preseason statistics cited. If your favorite team’s starting defense gave up five touchdowns in 37 minutes of work or your kicker missed four field goals and an extra point in the preseason, and it’s worth mentioning. You can shout that the games didn’t matter,but you know darn well that you are protesting too much. Preseason performances are evidence, and they are worth examining.
One final bit of housekeeping: Don’t put a question to how four B’s and a B-minus equal a B-minus. If the B-minus is on offense, or it carries a little more weight. The same with wondering how a B,a C-minus, a D-plus and an A-minus turn into a C-plus (or whatever). Trust me: I have a degree in education and know how to assign grades. And this is the preseason: They don’t matter, and remember?Begin Slideshow
Source: bleacherreport.com