09-10-2021, 06:31 PM
Pro Football Reference has a QB Rating+ stat which since it's based on QB Rating isn't perfect by any means, but it gives you a number based off of the average from that year so regardless of the year you can compare two QBs.
1st Season Playing QB Rating+
Anderson 1971: 109 (9% above average)
Esiason 1984: 85 (15% below average)
Palmer 2004: 96 (4% below average)
Dalton 2011: 94 (6% below average)
Burrow 2020: 97 (3% below average)
It's not perfect, but it certainly is way easier to compare QBs from different years.
They also have things like Y/A+, Completion%+, TD%+, INT%+ which basically do the same thing for comparison sake. Far better than just flat stats since the rules and NFL are constantly changing so much. It's going to be even worse now that they have added an extra game and will probably add an 18th in the near future. The + stats will continue to still be valid.
1st Season Playing QB Rating+
Anderson 1971: 109 (9% above average)
Esiason 1984: 85 (15% below average)
Palmer 2004: 96 (4% below average)
Dalton 2011: 94 (6% below average)
Burrow 2020: 97 (3% below average)
It's not perfect, but it certainly is way easier to compare QBs from different years.
They also have things like Y/A+, Completion%+, TD%+, INT%+ which basically do the same thing for comparison sake. Far better than just flat stats since the rules and NFL are constantly changing so much. It's going to be even worse now that they have added an extra game and will probably add an 18th in the near future. The + stats will continue to still be valid.
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The 2021 season Super Bowl was over 1,000 days ago.
