I cannot stand the term football experts

[PNW_Bills_Fan]

Think about the term expert.

 

Dictionary definition: a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority.

 

You can be an expert on the game, but not on the players or teams. You can be an expert on the rules, but not how players are going to perform. I hate the term expert related to picking teams. They are picking teams based on their opinion. That does not make them an expert on outcomes.

[krazykat]

Think about the term expert.

 

Dictionary definition: a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority.

 

You can be an expert on the game, but not on the players or teams. You can be an expert on the rules, but not how players are going to perform. I hate the term expert related to picking teams. They are picking teams based on their opinion. That does not make them an expert on outcomes.

Good comment.

 

It's interesting, Favre goes to the Jets and publicly admits that he doens't know the the Jets players and their playing traits and that he needs to learn that. But if he or any other former player in the same boat goes into broadcasting and says the right thing, everyone whose favor he has drawn will suggest that he knows more than anyone else simply because he played in the pros.

 

But hey, people will believe what they want to believe.

[PNW_Bills_Fan]

Good comment.

 

It's interesting, Favre goes to the Jets and publicly admits that he doens't know the the Jets players and their playing traits and that he needs to learn that. But if he or any other former player in the same boat goes into broadcasting and says the right thing, everyone whose favor he has drawn will suggest that he knows more than anyone else simply because he played in the pros.

 

But hey, people will believe what they want to believe.

 

 

Yeah but they are not experts then.