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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4361025, member: 405"] I understand that. I was speaking metaphorically. For instance, I recall a play where the left tackle was not blocking the guy opposite him, but was cutting inside for a double team block on an interior lineman. For that play, it's pretty easy to see who the guy is supposed to block. I would say that most plays are like that, unless a defense simply blows up the play. So you make your grade on (1) who the guy is responsible to block, (2) did he win the assignment?, (3) Did the other guy win the assignment? [I think it's 1 point either way, per play, IIRC), and then (4) did the guy do something extraordinary (good or bad), and then there is a bonus point for that. I'm not a hard-core advanced stats head, but I think that rational grading schemes have been developed for line play that are well employed these days. We never had metrics like this 20 years ago. At least not as fans. [/QUOTE]