Smitty
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This is not entirely correct. Stats tell a factual representation of something that happened on the field and yes, those stats are unarguable facts, but at the same time, the conclusions drawn from those facts are quite often capable of misleading. Especially when the person quoting the facts doesn’t understand what they are talking about.The difference is people are biased, stats aren't. Its why two people can watch the same thing and have totally different opinions. A fan who comes in thinking Dak's average is going to see a great performance and go, meh, it wasn't that good. But then watch the same performance from a QB they think is great and see greatness. Our preconception will impact our evaluation.
Stats are wonderful because they don't lie. A QB has one of the highest averages of yards in the air with his ball, he isn't a dink and dunk QB. Even though some fans with their bias will still think the guy is a dink and dunk QB. Unfortunately our eyes sometimes deceive us.