Originally posted by DavidWGibson:
Originally posted by SofaKing:
He's clearly talking about total passing yards being a meaningless stat, which it is.
I agree with the last part though. If you want to be banned, the mods might as well oblige your request.
Of course it is. Because you want to see it that way. Use your brain and figure out the correlation between a first year system and the QB throwing more yards than any QB in the last half of the season and a 10-6 record.
Really amazing that I have to explain that.
LOL, no. Passing yards is directly proportional to passing attempts. Palmer throws the ball close to 40 times a game. Of course he's going to have a lot of passing yards.
Palmer is exactly who he's always been. 1st year with AZ, or 10th year with Cincy, it didn't matter. Look at his season. Exact same production, as always. QB rating in the low 80's. 4000 yards passing. 20ish TDs, and 20ish INTs. Every year, that's what you get. He's been in the league over 10 years, his time for growth is done.
Speaking of late-season performance, let's do a little comparison from the month of December:
Carson Palmer
5 games
63.3%
1387 yards
8 TDs
7 INTs
86.1 rating
Colin Kaepernick
5 games
61.7%
1160 yards
7 TD
1 INT
101.4 rating
Let me guess, Palmer was better because he had more passing yards? LOL. Passing yards has nothing to do with quarterback EFFICIENCY. Amazing I have to explain that, really.