SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 73.6% of all stats are made up 30% of the time
Nanker Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Here's my QB myth: Joe Namath was a great Pro Quarterback. Bonus myth: "All the NFL Pundits were shocked that Dan Marino wasn't drafted until the end of Round 1 by Miami."
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 14, 2018 Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, corta765 said: Right he is the sole QB you can reference thats it. AND like you see he trended ^ not down. Allen plateaued with no growth. Me? I can't reference nobody....the OP wanted us to do some fact checkin', I just suggested he check one in return: " Find a QB drafted in the last 15 years, who did not have >60% completions any year in college and has been successful in the NFL" Stafford doesn't meet those criteria, as he DID have >60% his last year in college. I've heard Tyrod Taylor is the closest, but we don't appear to like his level of NFL success. 23 minutes ago, dpberr said: Somebody on the Rams board did a pretty in-depth evaluation of QBs and the sub 60% completion rate when the Rams had to choose between Goff and Wentz. They used examples dating back to 2000. It was an insightful read. Looked at a lot of quarterbacks. The list will underwhelm you. You'll see a lot of players who couldn't hack it in the NFL have that sub 60% metric in college and those that performed above 60% perform well. It's definitely food for thought when evaluating talent. It certainly seems like a fundamental metric. IMO, a GM drafting a QB with a high pick that can't hit 60% in college ball today is writing his or her own termination letter. Do you happen to have a linky to said evaluation? Some of us would enjoy it. Just a little caveat that the opposite isn't true, a lot of college QB with high completion in college don't make it in the NFL. I don't know if I'd go so far as your last sentence, but I certainly think a GM would have to look very carefully at the reasons why the QB didn't hit that metric. 1
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