08-23-2022, 06:13 PM
(08-23-2022, 05:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Because INTs are already factored into the completion percentage.
Does someone throwing an INT vs an incomplete pass make them LESS accurate?
Or is it the same accuracy whether there's an INT or not?
To the bolded, it depends. Context is king in football. Why was the pass incomplete? Was it a bad route, or a timing play where the receiver didn't get to his spot? That isn't really the QBs fault. Did the receiver run the right route, but the QB just missed him? Okay, that's an inaccurate pass. Did the receiver run the right route but the QB threw a dangerous ball? Maybe he threw it behind him, or under/overthrew him and allowed the DB to easily make a play.
In my opinion, accuracy, or in this case, inaccuracy, is a spectrum. Throwing an interception is part of that spectrum, even within the interception grouping. There is a difference between throwing a ball high, which gets tipped and ultimately picked vs. completely missing your man and throwing it straight to a defender. You can even throw an accurate, incomplete pass. QB's have the ability to put a ball only where their guy can get it, so even if the pass is incomplete it can still be an accurate pass.
I interpret your final question as insinuating that the outcome doesn't matter; a miss is a miss. What happens with that miss is irrelevant, but I would argue that these misses are, again, on a spectrum and the outcome is valuable in determining where on that spectrum the individual pass lies.
