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(03-18-2025, 12:04 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Bengals career passer rating leaders by every QB that has started at least one game
101.2 Joe Burrow
98.4 Jake Browning
93.2 AJ McCarron
90.2 Neil O'Donnell
87.6 Greg Cook
87.5 Andy Dalton
86.9 Carson Palmer
85.4 Adrian Breen
83.1 Boomer Esiason
82..5 Brandon Allen
82.2 Jeff Driskel
81.9 Ken Anderson
81.7 Sam Wyche
79.3 Jeff Blake
78.7 Turk Schonert
74.9 Virgil Carter
74.6 Jon Kitna
71.1 Erik Wilhelm
70.0 Ryan Fitzpatrick
70.0 Jay Schroeder
66.1 David Klingler
64.5 Donald Hollas
64.2 Dave Walter
60.8 John Dtofa
60.7 Dewey Warren
60.7 Paul Justin
59.4 Ryan Finley
55.1 Jack Thompsdon
52.8 Akili Smith
47.8 John Reaves
46.1 Gus Frerotte
44.0 Scott Mitchell
15.2 Wayne Clark

I don't like this list because the league average QB Rating has risen so vastly high over time and it's all about how a player was compared to their peers.

In 2020 the league average QB Rating was 93.6
In 2011 it was 84.3
In 2003 it was 78.3
In 1984 it was 76.1
In 1971 it was 62.2

So a 65.0 QB Rating in 1971 (the year Ken Anderson was drafted) was actually above average.
Meanwhile a 90.0 QB Rating for a 2024 rookie was below average.

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It's even worse with Completion %. Jimmy G is the 4th all-time, Kyler Murray is 5th, and Kirk Cousins is 6th. Hell, Teddy Bridgewater is 10th and Deshaun Watson is 11th.

The NFL has morphed so much with rules, and QB/WR protection.