08-10-2022, 01:11 PM
(08-08-2022, 06:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about. The only season Anderson attempted more than 400 passes he won the league MVP.
When Anderson completed 62.6% of his passes in 1981 that was 8 points higher than the league average (54.6)
When Anderson completed 60.5% of his passes in 1975 that was also 8 points higher than the league average (52.5)
In 2021 Burrow completed 70.4% of his passes but that was only 5.6 points higher than the league average (64.8)
I have NO ISSUE, as I stated, with how any of you rank these guys. None at all. Everyone has their own criteria and that's fine by me.
The NFL QB landscape today is VASTLY different talent wise from the years you are referencing. So, pardon me if I am not blown back that other QBs like Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes, Herbert, Stafford, and Josh Allen were a little closer statistically to Burrow in 2021 than the likes of Fran Tarkenton, Roger Staubach (Cincinnati native, BTW), Jim Hart (WHO?), Bert Jones (WHO?), Billy Klimer (WHO?), Joe Ferguson (WHO?) were to Kenny Anderson in 1975.
Is 1981's stable of top QBs better than 1975? Let's have a look. Nope... Fouts, Sipe, Kramer, Ferguson, and some dude named Bartkowski were the top passers in 1981.
What do you think the above 2021 QBs would do to 1975's NFL statistically? Or, 1981s? GTFOut of here with this trash. They would obliterate the other QBs statistically.
So, to me, the above stats you listed and Anderson's top career achievements are not THAT impressive compared to everything Burrow overcame last season. If they voted on it after the playoffs Joe Burrow would have won the MVP. Frankly, he should have won it for his regular season, IMO.
I also hear all of you guys on Joe's single great season vs Anderson's seasons of good/avg and a sprinkle of great ones thrown in there. If you are going to hold Joe Burrow's short length of career (at the time of this writing) against him you have to also prop up his potential future - which looks to be MUCH higher than Anderson or Boomer.
In my opinion, all things being =, if I had one game to win today or one full season to play. Right now, I would still take CURRENT Joe Burrow over Prime Anderson or Prime Boomer. That also factored into my ranking. I didn't even consider what Prime Burrow could be in my rankings. Burrow is still ascending as a player. But, fair or not, we know how Boomer and Kenny turned out.
Sorry I don't share the Kenny Anderson's a HOFer and an awesome QB vibe with you. I was born in 1980. So, no, I don't remember Kenny Anderson games. I also don't subscribe to the idea that the older I get, the colder the Pepsi was - so to speak. Kenny Anderson belongs in the HOVG: The Hall of Very Good - and NFL HOF voters clearly agree w me. I can't rank him over Burrow for that... but I have absolutely no issues if you do. I completely understand it, actually. You have a history of moronic takes that age poorly. One of those was the notion that Joe B wasn't a good deep ball thrower. Like that steaming hot take of yours got flushed real quick.
I might add in my sig all of your hot takes that ended up sucking hard: Leadership and culture don't matter, Bengals players only say good things because they are paid, Joey B isn't accurate on deep throws, Marvin was a great coach, Andy was a great QB, Joey B sucks and leadership doesn't really matter because he only won X games as a rookie... and on and on and on and on and on.
