Stats are one way to measure value not the only way

Sure Jerome Harrison had 285 yards on the ground and that is a monster game However, for the season he has 587 yards. That means for the rest of the season he has only 302 yards.The next highest rusher is Jamal Lewis with 500 yards and he is on injured reserve. We had one really good player that carried our team the whole season We had only lost twice Then we had a tournament at the end of the year. In the finals the team double and triple teamed our star player.The rest of us got more easy lay ups than I can count We won. Our coach told him afterward that it was his best game of the year. Although he only had four points, the attention he drew made him just as important as he would have been if he scored 30.Sometimes we get way to caught up in stats in determining a player's value. Stats are one way to measure value, not the only way.Hockey has this thing called a plus/minus rating To me that is a very valuable tool.

When your team gives up a goal with you on the ice, you get a minus. This season the Browns have used it more regularly as the season progressed.Last Sunday, it was featured a lot. That means Quinn was calling many of the plays at the line of scrimmage. That means he was the one who saw the running game was open and he called it at the line of scrimmage.I am sure coaches did tell him to feature the running game before going on the field, but he still was the one calling the plays in the no huddle.He could call a ton of passing plays in the no huddle to boost his stats but he chose to take what was there. He still has a lot to improve on and he will have to consistently put up better stats. However, you can tell by watching him both on the field and in interviews that he just looks more comfortable than he did early on.It is important to remember that the receivers also contribute to passing stats.

The reality is that there is talent among the receivers but they are very inexperienced. That has to be considered too.I know Holmgren is a very good evaluator of offensive talent and we don't know what he will do with Quinn. That could be good for Quinn, at the same time it could be good for Derek Anderson.The future for Quinn is unclear, but let me tell all you doubters that I will admit I was wrong about him when and only when he is running an offense that isn't completely outmatched by the defense every week and he still puts up inconsistent numbers.In the meantime, I hope Anderson plays decent these last two games so the Browns have some leverage in trades. . By Daria Sito-Sucic Stocks Russia BOSANSKI BROD, Bosnia, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A flare at the topof a 50-metre high tower in the Balkans shows Russia buildingpolitical capital in a notoriously fractured part of Europe. It was financed by Russia as part of a broad plan to investin energy in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Bosnia has reportedly received about $14 billion in aidsince the end of the 1992-95 war, and Russia's 200 million euro($280 million) investment in the refinery is a small gesture inthe context of European energy security. But in a country where around 40 percent of people areregistered unemployed, new refinery owner Russian state oilcompany Zarubezhneft offers a much-needed boon: hope forneglected local industries, and the prospect of future revenues.