Well, if he drops deep and makes a back pass to Bonucci or De Ligt 95% of the time, he ain't helping either. So no, it's still useless.
Stupid way of thinking tbh. Also the same as the fixation with those ‘forward passes’ statistics.
Look to the Inter game for example; when we pressed their midfielders, they immediately passed to one of their defenders and they ultimately made the forward pass to their strikers or Barella.
Its all about how the collective moves, positioning of all the players and guys like Arthur or Dybala are very good in receiving the ball and making sure we don’t lose it. When they get pressed space somewhere else will open and it’s really a teamsport so it’s up to someone else to make a run in these specific situations.
Discussing this really makes me remind the Allegri days, when we had enough boring games where we didn’t create that much, but afterwards he was always saying that the guys had a great game and it was really because the game plan worked. A midfielder can pass the ball 10 times to a striker who’s marked by 2 defenders but in the meantime it’s far more profitable to have some ball circulation in order to create chances. And that’s really where a player like Dybala steps in when we discuss his role in our passing game.