10-20-2021, 09:28 PM
(10-19-2021, 08:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The Chargers have played the 6th hardest SoS so far this year.
The Bengals have played the 26th hardest SoS so far this year.
That's even more telling. Does anyone doubt that numbers would be better than they currently are if a QB got to play the Lions and Jags instead of the Ravens and Cowboys?
Sos doesn't matter as much as what defenses each of them faced.
Average rank of pass defenses Burrow has faced: 14.8
Average rank of pass defenses Herbert has faced: 22.0
Yet Burrow has posted better numbers.
To be fair, I personally think the better stat to judge a pass defense is passer rating allowed, and by that metric, Herbert has faced tougher defenses, but only by a very slight margin (20.7 avg rank for Burrow, 17.7 avg rank for Herbert).
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