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by Three D, Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:38 (6299 days ago) @ Pat
edited by Three D, Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:11

Would you be able to tease apart total minutes and minutes as a starter, at least in some estimated way?

If that were possible, you could weigh minutes played less than minutes played as a starter, which accounts for getting on the field but not as much as getting on the field with the first team.

I realize that for offensive skill positions that may be less meaningful because of all the substitution, but it might give a reasonable estimate of quality playing time versus mop-up time.

For example, for all the minutes Gray has at RB, I would hesitate to use any of them as meaningful first-team type of minutes (I may be forgetting some playing time, if so, I apologize).