Steve Young hilariously tried to ‘bury analytics’ by saying Chargers’ Brandon Staley should use analytics

© Provided by For The Win Oct 17, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Steve Young on the ESPN Monday Night Football Countdown set before the game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos at SoFi Stadium.

Few conversations in pro football might be as polarizing as the implementation of analytics. Whereas many teams, like, say, the Chargers, have started to realize that it pays to be a little more aggressive with basic mathematical probability, there’s still an old guard that steadfastly refuses to see the forest for the trees.

On Monday night, during a pregame conversation about Broncos-Chargers, ESPN’s Steve Young tried to argue against “analytics” by saying L.A. coach Brandon Staley should only go for it in high-percentage situations when he has a play he particularly likes.

In other words, Young tried to “bury analytics” by saying the Chargers should appropriately play the percentages during games — also known as using analytics.

Uh, I’m not sure Young realizes what he actually said:

Thank you, Mr. Young, for embracing math, inadvertently or not — like the overwhelming majority of the modern NFL.

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