(06-25-2019, 08:45 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(06-25-2019, 06:32 PM)JackCity Wrote: Foles in 2018: 7 games played, 10 Tds, 8 picks passer rating of 83. So no he wasn't at a better than average level in 2018 at least. 

And there's zero argument that Wentz was considerably better than him in the regular season over the last two years. For example Wentzs passer rating in the regular season these last two years is 101, Foles is......87.

Foles regular season passer rating in 2018 was 96. You can cherry pick any stats you'd like but you'd still be wrong about that too.  Anyway, the QBR is a more complete and meaningful stat than the passer rating which can be misleading.  Here's a closer comparison between the two in 2018. 

Foles 72.3% CP, 282.6 ypg, 69.5 QBR, 96.0 QR, 3.6 TD% , 2.1 INT%
Wentz 69.6% CP, 279.5 ypg, 64.9 QBR, 102.2 QR, 5.2 TD%, 1.7 INT%

As you can see, it's clear an argument can be made that Foles was the better player. But Wentz is a pretty good QB and it's why Philly evidently chose to keep him. They may have made a mistake (a lot of Philly fans think so). We'll see.

"If you look at his last two seasons, he's played at a better than average level. You could make the argument that he played as well or better than Wentz last year during the regular season." 


The 7 game sample size is the entirety of his 2018, and it is below average for sure.  

Don't forget to add in the other stats for Foles 2018 and Wentz 2018:

Wentz: ypa 7.7, ay/a 7.9 , any/a 6.89
Foles: ypa 7.2, ay/a 7, any/a 6.50  

So yeah other than completion % (which can usually be explain by ypa) and your QBR stat Wentz was easily better. Actually, Nick Foles QBR over the last two regular seasons would have ranked 26th out of 33 qualifying QBs this year, just behind Josh Allen.

Also, "a lot of philly fans think so" is totally incorrect, a minority of Philly fans wanted to let Wentz go and keep Foles. A simple eye test would be enough for most to pick the younger, more dynamic and better QB to stay in Philly, but if you want to go the stats route he wipes the floor with him too.

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(06-25-2019, 10:52 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: I don't care that he's better than Wentz. I just want him to be a lot better than Bortles.

He will be pretty easily but as fans we need to have a far higher bar than that.

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