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Which QB would you rather have?

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Which QB would you rather have?  

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  1. 1. Which QB would you rather have?

    • A) QB1, Age 28, 59.5% completion percentage, 3380 yds, 15 TD, 17 Int, 78.2% rating
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    • B) QB2, Age 25, 62.5% completion percentage, 3051 yds, 19 TD, 14 Int, 84.9% rating
      25
    • C) QB3, Age 37, 55.2% completion percentage, 3382 yds, 20 TD, 17 Int, 75.1% rating
      0
    • D) QB4, Age 27, 57.2% completion percentage, 3090 yds, 17 TD, 10 Int, 82.2% rating
      12
    • E) QB5, Age 25, 66.9% completion percentage, 3280 yds, 12 TD, 12 Int, 86.9% rating
      17
    • F) QB6, Age 30, 57.2% completion percentage, 2805 yds, 20 TD, 18 Int, 74.5% rating
      1
    • G) QB7, Age 32, 67.4% completion percentage, 3018 yds, 20 TD, 16 Int, 85.6% rating
      9

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The answers are as follows

 

A - Jim Kelly in 1988, Bills went 12-4, lost in AFC Championship

B - JP Losman in 2006, Bills went 7-9

C - Doug Flutie in 1999, Bills went 11-5 (Flutie was 10-5), Wade pulled Doug and the Bills lost the Wild Card (not Rob's fault, but I still believe if Flutie was in, it wouldn't have come down to the last play)

D - Rob Johnson in 2000, Bills went 8-8 (Johnson was 4-7)

E - Trent Edwards this year

F - Joe Ferguson in 1980, Bills went 11-5, lost in Division playoffs

G - Kelly Holcomb in 2005, Bills went 5-11 (Holcomb was 4-4)

 

The point of this email was to show that stats don't matter when it comes to QB's. There has been a lot of chatter on the wall lately pushing for Losman to be back at QB. Although statistically good, he DOES NOT have the intangibles to be a winning QB in the NFL (maybe 9-7 with a soft schedule). The QB position is all about leadership and intangibles and not about physical ability, otherwise people like Todd Marinavich and Ryan Leaf would be superstars and people such as Tony Romo and Tom Brady would not be playing (had it not been for Drew Bledsoe, neither of them may have gotten the chance)... Give Trent some more time, he brings the intangibles to the table. People forget that this is only his sophomore year, he'll be an all-pro in due time.

You've made a good point with this. It's easy for stats alone to be distorted, especially at the QB position. When evaluating a QB, you have to look a little deeper than just stats. You cite leadership and intangibles, and (depending on your definition of intangibles) I'll agree with that. Some styles of offense work well for a while, but eventually defenses catch up to them. Other styles can work under almost any circumstances and are very difficult to defend. One of the most important things to look at is whether a QB's stats were obtained by running a Kordell Stewart-like offense or a Tom Brady-like offense. A guy that puts up a good season under the former method is a lot more likely to be shut down in subsequent years than is a guy who puts up a good season under the latter method.

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