Do You Adjust Your Team Ratings Based On Preseason Results?

[beejmi]

I think just about everyone keeps some form of team ratings if for no other reason to determine "value" vs the line.

My question is -- do you adjust your ratings at all based on the preseason or completely disregard what you have seen in the exhibition season?

Two schools of thought on this one. Curious as to what you do and if/how much of an adjustment you make.

[Romanowski]

preseason is not meaningless, I dont care what these coaches say

however the playcalling is vanilla, and it shouldnt be a huge part of originating your own line

[Cali Roots]

Totally disregard preseason. It means absolutely nothing!

[Romanowski]

its not meaningless when you see players under performing

sorry gotta disagree, it means something, just not everything or even much

[Dr. Jack]

I don't pay much attention to preseason records but I think some important notes do come out of it

[cptkirk321]

Originally Posted by Romanowski

its not meaningless when you see players under performing

sorry gotta disagree, it means something, just not everything or even much

Rome is right. For the most part records in preseason don't mean much(ex. Lions 4-0 last year and end up 0-16). But there are tidbits of information that can come out of preseason that can be helpful going into the first couple of weeks of the regular season.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Dr. Jack

I don't pay much attention to preseason records but I think some important notes do come out of it

Agreed. The records are irrelevant. But, you can get a sense of how a team is performing in general (with various schemes, plays, etc...) which is helpful heading into the season.

And of course injuries can totally screw up a team--especially when linemen, counted on as starters, go down, leaving teams to scramble and to pick up other teams' cuts and waivers.