ESPN's New QB Rating

[andayaman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Talent at WR should definitely be taken into consideration but I'm interested in learning a bit more how this will work.

When you have Fitzgerald and Breaston to throw to and you still look like ****, shouldn't there be a "below the basement" or "should think about switching career paths" rating?

[OSUFan_88]

So...I cannot believe I'm happy with Colt McCoy being listed as average but...that's infinitely better than Jake Delhomme.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Here's an article explaining how they got this QBR thing: (I'm still reading it): http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/68...terback-rating

Here's a site that I didn't know about before that they used for some of their advanced stats: http://www.advancednflstats.com/

And here is the team page for Denver, that basically shows as I argued in the Training Camp thread, that Tim Tebow outplayed Kyle Orton last year (granted he had a much smaller sample size)

http://wp.advancednflstats.com/teamy...DEN&season=reg

[N51_rob]

Quote: Originally Posted by EHSheadhunter09

They really are trying to push this Year of the QB thing down our throats aren't they? I would love nothing more than for this season to be a resurgence of the running game or something just to show them they can't manufacture a 'Year of the _____'

It's been "Year of the QB" since the moment the NFL changed Pass Interference to a spot foul and made it so that you can't touch or even look at a WR the wrong way or even better if you sneeze on a QB it's 15 yards . It is a passing league and with the rules that are in place means that the "average" NFL QB should be able to complete 60% of his passes.

[12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeah...THAT Guy

Based on the comments on ESPN, everyone seems to have a hissy fit with Eli Manning and Josh Freeman > Big Ben, and a lot of people are saying Vick and Ryan don't belong in the elite category.

Yeah, but then again, if I'm in the mood to lower my IQ a few points, I read the ESPN comments section.

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

Well its not like 20+ ints is common place for Eli. Hes done it twice in 7 years now.

17, 18, and 14.

[kingkilla56]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

17, 18, and 14.

Im missing your point.

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

Im missing your point.

He throws a lot of picks. Not sure how that's hard to see. Even if I let the 14 season go, he's thrown more than 15 picks 4 of his 7 seasons.