08-08-2022, 04:37 PM
(08-08-2022, 04:28 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: In the interest of fairness, most of what you posted is just a direct comparison of statistics and that isn't quite apples-to-apples. The game has changed quite a bit, and passing wasn't quite as easy then as it is now. Here are Anderson's era adjusted metrics...
66.1% completion percentage, 43,795 yards, 7.62 YPA, 95 QB rating
Burrow has yet to post a season as good as Anderson's 1982, 1974 and 1981 seasons. I actually had a post about this earlier in the off-season, where I era adjusted all Bengals QB's throughout franchise history and had ranked them. Here are a few statlines that Burrow would have to post in order to be as dominant as Anderson in those respective seasons...
1981 Ken Anderson - 72% completion percentage, 39 TDs, 6 INTs, 4500 yards, 115.4 rating.
1974 Ken Anderson - My spreadsheet has invalid references, but I was able to re-compute his adjusted passer rating. It is a little over 111.
Everything is invalid for 1982. I deleted a bunch of my data, I guess. Here is the link to the original analysis I did of this a few months ago. Burrow has a long way to go before he is considered better than Anderson. Burrow's season last year would have been Anderson's fifth best season, adjusting for era.
Not to argue, just a thought. If you're going to adjust the offensive stats don't you need to consider adjusting the defensive stats also? I mean the defenses Anderson played against.
I mean if those defensive players worked out the way today's players do don't you think that would affect the stats as well?
