Quote:But as the example I showed of Gabbert...he gave us a lead with 18 seconds left in the game. It doesn't "tick" as a "comeback win", but you couldn't have asked more of him at that point.

 

At the same token, Bridgewater gave his team the lead with 3 minutes left, and he was only given 23 seconds to try and get it back. Should he have been realistically expected to get a win with 23 seconds left? Yes, it has been done. But is it a realistic expectation?

 

Which is why...these stats of wins, comeback wins, touchdowns, yards. Yes, they are quantifiable. But what are they really worth? I rather ignore those stats and just isolate my evaluation on the player alone.

 

I'm not just looking at the stats...  If Gabbert did that sort of thing 10 times in his career thus far, (winning 5 and losing 5 in the process like the game against Minnesota), I would still say Gabbert is clutch in late games.  He can't control what the defense did in the end.

 

And I said the same thing about Bridgewater against UCF last year.. Bridgewater did enough for them to win, and the defense let them down.  

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