Andy has lowest int % of big 4

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(09-12-2019, 02:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Not bashing Andy, but I am not so sure his numbers are better when adjusted for era.

I don't claim this is the most scientific way to compare but it is the quickest easiest way I can think of.

Last year was Andy's 8th season and the league wide interception percentage was 2.4.
In Palmers 8th season the league interception percentage was a full 25% higher (3.0 in 2010)
In Boomers 8th season it was 46% higher (3.5 in 1991)
And in Kenny's 8th season it was 125% higher (5.4 in 1978).  Most people don't realize that in the early 70's when Anderson came into the league the passing numbers were actually worse than they were in the 60's and most of the 50's.  It was the low point of the passing game in the modern era.  In 1971 the average NFL team only completed 51% of passes for 2180 yards (155 per game) 15 tds and 21 interceptions.  The league average passer rating was 62.2.  Ten years earlier in 1962 NFL teams threw for 194 yards per game, 21+ tds and a 72.6 efficiency rating.

The 70's and 80's were the era of the RB, they were the face of a lot of franchises. Earl Campbell, Walter Payton, Tony Dorsett, John Riggins, Eric Dickerson to name a few. Plus the word defense had a whole different meaning back then.