08-20-2016, 04:30 PM
(08-20-2016, 02:50 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Those are good-ish numbers, but not really the same, Shake. Plus it's comparing a 6th year 1st round pick QB to a 1st year 4th round pick QB.
Plus "tore up" isn't exactly the words used for a 58.3% completion in preseason. Also forgot to mention that's in 4 games rather than the numbers I gave for 2. 3 TDs in 4 games =/= 6 TDs in 2 games.
My point wasn't even aimed at you in particular. More the idea that preseason tells you much of anything about a QB. No blitzing, vanilla routes, vanilla schemes, playing with/against backups.
I'd have to disagree that a 90.7 rating and 8 YPA, with only 1 INT in 36 attempts (plus the plays made with his feet) wasn't impressive. Tebow was splitting time with Barkley competing for 3rd QB though, so obviously he wasn't seeing the amount of snaps Prescott is. Plus he wasn't even with a team the previous year, and had to learn his 4th offense in 4 seasons. So I'm not sure Tebow had a huge advantage with his situation.
Either way, my point is that we should probably take preseason stats with some grain of salt.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
