Does the backup QB really matter?

[Brownshoe]

(09-02-2016, 12:41 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Yeah, that was  a brilliant idea to have our running game only produce 68 yards against the Forty Niners and 155 in two games against the Steelers when McCarron was under center.  Maybe if we had went all the way down to zero rushing yards McCarron would have had a 120+ passer rating.  

So why doesn't every other team in the league just "pare down" their offense and make their QBs produce 97+ passer ratings if it is that easy.

Just because you have a good passer rating doesn't mean you played well. McCarron was dinking and dunking and the defense put him in amazing field position. That's why he was able to get 97 passer rating. Teams don't "pare down" their offense, because it makes their offense a ton worse, just like it did with ours. Are you even thinking right now fred? because it seems like common sense.