(03-12-2019, 11:51 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(03-11-2019, 07:58 PM)JackCity Wrote: https://twitter.com/JuMosq/status/1086071908980801537

The above isn't really being fair to Foles.

Regular season attempts over the past two years:

Brady = 1151
Rivers = 1083
Goff = 1038
Brees = 1025
Wilson = 980
Wentz = 841
Watson = 709
Mahomes = 615

Foles = 296


His sample size is less than half of Mahomes who has 17 regular season games under his belt.  Foles only started 8 regular season games over the past 2 years.  I'd also argue that not being the week in/week out starter over an extended period of time makes this comparison unfair because he isn't getting the same amount of reps with the 1's.  His longest stretch as starter produced his best statistical results which occurred at the end of 2017 and into their Super Bowl Run.  You can dislike Foles or his deal here or both, but I wouldn't put too much stock into this particular stat comparison.

The point of the chart isn't to compare Foles to Mahomes, or any QB bar Wentz. Its specifically referring to the not uncommon opinion that Foles was either better or at least not far away from Wentz's performance in the same scheme, when in reality Wentz was miles better. Focus on the AY/A part and ratio, not the raw production.

8 ay/a and 54:14 vs 7 ay/a and 21:11 is a massive difference in performance

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