NFL passing efficiency -

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(12-08-2020, 06:34 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yes, and then the NFL continued to change. 65% isn't highly accurate anymore. Right now it's below average.

During the 90s, the average completion % never went above 58.2%. Times change. Rules change. 

Not sure why you brought up Dalton. He was below average as a QB his rookie year too, and comparing two QBs stats from different generations is a pointless endeavor.


EDIT: Except in class you're not competing against each other, so an A is an A is an A. Nobody wins or loses. This is if you're in class and you don't have an A-F grades, you just have rankings. So if there's 32 people in your class, and you're 20th, it means you're below average. There's no awards for being below average. Below average doesn't get you on the Honor Roll. (This metaphor is getting a bit stretched.)

I'm not worried about Burrow's future as I think he'll keep improving. I just accepting the statistical reality that he was below average, while continuing to hope and believe that he'll grow into a great QB. Both are possible.

I didn't compare Dalton's rookie year to Burrow's rookie year. I said Dalton's ENTIRE tenure with the Bengals (9 years), he only hit 65+ one year.
If you compare Burrow's 2020 to just a year ago in the NFL, he would have been tied for 12th. That's not a generation ago, just a year. So yes, I still consider 65 to be good.

Let's put this debate to rest because you're trying to nitpick something that is subjective.
I consider 65% to be highly accurate. It's a hard number for me. I don't really care how many others are hitting that number.
You consider highly accurate to be based on whether someone is Top 10 or top half of the league.
You are free to interpret how you want, but I am free to use my own grading scale.