Sporting News Ranks AJ McCarron League's Best Backup QB

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(08-20-2016, 04:30 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 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. 

Oh, most certainly. You're right that preseason doesn't really mean much.

Hard to really compare backup QBs without it, though, until a starter goes down and they get a chance.