Quote:You don't see how being 7th in attempts is inflating the TD numbers and yardage? He is also 5th in the league for INTs, 23rd in YPA, and 29th in accuracy. Why is volume more important than efficiency? 

 

Oh yeah, his accuracy needs improvement.  

 

And no, I don't see how his attempts inflate his TDs. You realize that the number of attempts is a spurrious correlation to TDs, right?  It may affect yardage, but not TDs, silly.  A PhD in the philosophy of science should know that...

 

Now, as for the attempts inflating his yardage, that may be true, if his completion rate was higher..  But it's not..  Also, YPA would be reduced if he has a lower % of completions.  Come on man, this is basic math stuff!!!!  You should know that!!!

 

You know what i'd like to see? What are BB5's yards per COMPLETION compared to the rest of the league?  That would tell us if he is indeed trying to go down field more than other QBs...  Which, from wactching football, I can tell he does more so than other QBs...

 

As for the number of attemps inflating his stats, to me, it is telling of the amount of pressure that is put on BB5 compared to other young QBs.  Again, if you are new to this sport, you may not know that most NFL coaches like to limit the number of passing plays a young QB makes... 

 

I'll go ahead and run a Yard per Completion spread sheet.  You must realize that if a QB is throwing further down field at a higher rate than other QBs, he may have a lower completion %, but that is offset because he has more yardage per completion.  

 

For instance, I'd much rather my QB go 1 out of 3 for 15 yards than go 3/3 for 9 yards...  

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