12-31-2024, 08:12 PM
(12-31-2024, 07:38 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: No, it isn't. QB Rating is a new stat (relatively). That is why it is not included.
BTW, Completion% is probably a better stat, but teams that throw less should be more efficient, that cuts both ways. But, since Burrow is not leading the league in Comp%, it is kind of weird you seemingly are trying to argue him out of it.
The Triple Crown, even in baseball, is just the counting stats: hits, HR, RBI. Originally, the hits leader won the batting title. Eventually, they changed to AVG.
QBR, QB Rating, yds per attempt, yds per completion, yards per reception, those are all advanced stats.
All of them are functions of frequency. Yards & TDs as well. And no one is saying a TC winner is necessarily the best QB, or most efficient. Those are different stats and a different conversation.
Even so, I'd argue it is harder to something when everyone knows it is coming. The factvthat Burrow is close on Comp% to guys on teams with running threats is amazing.
QB Rating has existed since 1973, just 3 years less than the Bengals existing in the NFL. It's been over half a century. QB Rating is older than over 2/3rds of the US population.
Because I am not warping my views and beliefs of not making sense just to align it with what's potentially most beneficial as a Bengals fan, it's weird? I find that thought process weird.
Something doesn't make sense. Also I am a Bengals fan. Those are two separate things. Thinking that because I am a Bengals fan that something must make sense is really strange.
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In baseball you don't really get to choose to have a ton more plate appearances. You have a PA and then you have to wait until the other 8 guy in the lineup get a PA and then you can have another. You play a full season and you're going to have ~700-750 PA. Your availability is the major determining factor in opportunities, so counting isn't terribly illogical there though as you pointed out they switched to AVG in batting title because it's simply better.
In football you can play a whole season and have either >700 pass attempts or <500 attempts depending on your OC, even if it's the same player.
Matthew Stafford 2012 (16 games): 435 completions on 727 attempts (59.8%)
Matthew Stafford in 2021 (17 games): 404 completions on 601 attempts (67.2%)
Same player, different OCs. Former gets 1/3rd of a triple crown because he was an inefficient mass thrower and the latter doesn't despite being vastly superior because of the playcalling? That just doesn't make sense.
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