08-21-2015, 03:38 PM
(08-21-2015, 03:32 PM)CoCoNuT Wrote: I thought it was a Quarterback Rating (QBR)?
Is the QBR just a passer rating?
QBR is a stat that ESPN made up years ago. It had a huge backlash with some Aaron Rodgers controversy when he had a lower QBR than someone else (Tebow maybe?) though he clearly had a much, much better performance in the games when you compared them. After that, they changed their formula and I believe it's still opinion based at some level.
NFL Passer Rating is a formula used with hard stats that the NFL has used as the main standard that QBs are judged for many years. Passer rating is a formula using completions, attempts, yards, TDs, and INTs.
While passer rating won't tell the entire story, you rarely see a guy with a low rating that had a good year, and you rarely see a guy with a high rating that had a poor year throwing the football.
You'll sometimes see people referring to passer rating as "QBR" which can lead to a lot of confusion. Some people will call passer rating "QBR" (not realizing that QBR is an ESPN stat) just thinking they're using a shorter term for it.
