Comment by rcarr

Came here to say something similar.

In this case, Tim from the blog post is a football defender or a linebacker if you're an American. Measuring them based on the amount of goals they scored or a touchdowns they caught is stupid. Instead they're stopping costly errors and providing the foundation that allows others to go on and score. You're probably not going to win very much if you field 11 strikers or 11 wide receivers.