Quote:I somewhat disagree.

 

It's becoming, to me, more of a who's carrying who statistic.

 

If QBR is high, and the team is winning... safe to say the QB is contributing.

If QBR is high, and the team is losing... QB may be playing too conservative, or is being held in check by the OC, or the defense is killing the team.

 

If QBR is low, and the team is winning... QB is making just enough key plays and is getting bailed out by his defense.

If QBR is low, and the team is losing... safe to say the QB is probably a big part of the problem, but not necessarily the only problem.

 

That's fair enough...  But couldn't you say the same thing about the standard QB rating system?

 

The main flaw in the "Total QBR" or whatever ESPN calls it is that it's arbitrarily determining when a certain pass is "better" than another pass given a scenario that is left in the dark to normal fans who don't work for ESPN.

 

At least with the traditional QB rating, we all know where the numbers and values are coming from.

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