Quote:I would take Blake in a league redraft over at least 25 of the other starting QBs in this league right now if not more. That being said, you're not being honest with yourself by looking at statistics only. Not all interceptions are created equal. Some are harmless (i.e. Bombs that are intercepted that equal a punt), some are bad and some are really bad/devastating (i.e. Throwing pick 6's or INTs deep in your own territory). I was too young to watch marino's early years, but what I do remember later in his career is he didn't make the devastating mistakes that Blake has made too often through his career so far. Comparing interception percentages without using the eye test is at best naive and at worst dishonest. Go look up percentage chance of winning when you give up a defensive TD without getting one back, it's not good. (Blake is responsible for several this year). Also, Blake is tied for the league worst for INTs inside your own 40 with Peyton Manning with 9 (meaning the other team is essentially in scoring position if the INT didn't result in a pick 6 which 3 of the 9 of Blake's did).

Pro football reference wouldn't let me go back further than '94, but using your two examples of Marino and Favre I found the following info: Marino threw a total of 9 INTs inside his own 40 in 4 seasons from 94 thru 97. He threw 7 in his final season in '99. .

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. Marino led the NFL in INTs in 1986 and 1989 with 22 and 23 INTs. His mistakes were double Blake's as a youngster.


QBs improve with INT rate as time goes by but in Marino's last game, he threw a pick 6 to the Jags in the 62-7 butt kicking.


Marino was 3rd all time in pick 6's but I've never heard dolphins fans crying "wahh his INTs always come at the wrong time"

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