(03-13-2019, 08:58 AM)hb1148 Wrote:

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

I was expecting a strawman reply and you delivered with aplomb. You tried prove Bortles played average this year by saying most of his stats were average or close enough to it not to matter, the problem with your assertion is that ALL of his stats were below average meaning he was not in fact close to an average QB. 

Blake being 7% worse than league average in completion % is a massive gap..you know...as evidenced by him being 35th out of 41 QBs , but you already know all of this of course. 

I can't wait to use your method of defining QB stats throughout the season lol

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