Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by Furlow:
Mariota getting benched. Has a higher QBR than Jimmy though. Interesting.
ESPN: Falcons bench Marcus Mariota in favor of Desmond Ridder, source says.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35211209/falcons-bench-marcus-mariota-favor-desmond-ridder-source-says
It shows the weakness of the QBR system which weighs running as heavily as it does. His NFL passer rating puts him in a tie at #20. Not good. Bench.
The only weakness here is in the eyes of the onlookers. No one number is going ever to tell an entire story in football,...yet everyone wants that and is searching endlessly for that.
Leaves alot of room for error.
In no way, shape, or form does a guy's QBR being higher than Jimmy's mean very much of anything in terms of whether they are a starter or a backup. If we are being honest with ourselves, Jimmy was benched himself. He's not Mahomes in his prime or anything.
Yes, he's played better than he has in past years with this amazing roster surrounding him but let's not act like he is some point of reference for what a great season looks like or anything from an NFL QB,...lol.
Even in perhaps his best year he left alot to be desired.
We need to -- as usual -- return to the manual or information sheet: What is the QBR Metric trying to do?
Given a full season's worth of data to compile,
the QBR metric is trying to highlight difference makers @ the QB position.
Jimmy is not a difference maker. Jimmy can be having a FANTASTIC year,...but that doesn't suddenly make him a difference maker on the field of play. Both things can be true and they are not mutually exclusive.
Mariotta's not a difference maker either. So in the context of who's higher vs. who's lower, you end up lost @ sea because you are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. You should have referred back to the manual,...as it doesn't claim it's trying to gauge who's having a better year on their respective teams.
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Sidepoint: Many NFL people will tell you that the most extreme difference maker the game has ever seen is Lawrence Taylor.
But how do you gauge that or say that with numbers?
Should he have gotten 30 sacks in 1 year or 200 tackles in a season to truly separate himself from other players,....otherwise, personal accounts of the impact he had while on the field is null and void?
Do you really want to search the rest of your life looking for a number to speak for Lawrence Taylor?
Metrics can only attempt to take a shot at specific goals the creators may have in mind.
[ Edited by random49er on Dec 9, 2022 at 7:59 PM ]