08-23-2022, 11:00 AM
(08-23-2022, 10:53 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: The best metric to use for this debate is average air yards per attempt. It doesn't account for whether it is caught or not, it is just the yards traveled on the pass. Brandon Allen averages 6.8 air yards per attempt. For reference, Burrow averages 8.1 air yards per attempt. Since 2019, Allen ranks 65th out of 72 qualified QBs in this metric.
An important note is that this isn't proof that Allen is bad. There are QBs down here around Allen that are decent/good QBs, such as Brees, Jimmy G., and Herbert. So, long story short is that Allen doesn't push the ball down the field as much, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing by itself.
Good post. "Average air yards" is a more accurate metric, but I could not find anything other than single season stats.
I do question how much is required for a QB to qualify if there are 72 since 2019. But that is okay in this instance because we are talking about a back up. He is not going to have a lot of attempts.
