(03-13-2019, 08:51 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(03-13-2019, 06:55 AM)hb1148 Wrote: Since we're talking realism, the actual quote was "he was average or close enough to make no matter".  Maybe you think improving his INT% by a couple percentage points to get him to average would have made a big enough difference to get the Jags in the playoffs, but I'd have to disagree.

Comp% league average 65.1%, Bortles was 93% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
TD% league average 4.92, Bortles was 65% of that, bad this is enough to actually matter.
Y/A league average was 7.49, Bortles was 89.7% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
Y/G league average was 252.2, Bortles as 83% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
NY/A league average was 6.56, Bortles was 90.3% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
Int% league average was 2.37, Bortles was 113% of that, close enough to average to not matter.

I hope this is troll post because this is one of the most amazingly backwards posts on statistics I've ever seen on here. 

It's not about one stat being slightly below average or slightly above average, it's about MOST of Blake's stats being well below average. Nobody of a sane mind could look at his stats and try say most of them were of an average level or so close to average it doesn't matter. 

Let's list them out. Overall 41 players threw 100 pass attempts in 2018, here are Blakes rank in each. 

Passer rating : 35/41 
Completion %: 35/41 
TD rate : 35/41 
Interception rate: 27/41 
YPA: 32/41 
AY/A: 33/41
ANY/A : 27/41 

In Blake's very best rate stat he was still below average.
By most statistical measures he was well below average as a QB (that should have been evident just by watching him). Your claim is completely debunked and the method you just tried use to double down on it is woefully inadequate.

Lol, you asked, so don't blame the messenger. The stats are completely accurate and I'll stand by them. If you disagree that being within 90% of average is not close to average then that's your problem. Someone may decide to post a bell curve and determine what the standard deviation is for some of those stats but honestly, at this point you've gone completely off the farm/topic and it's not worth it.

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