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(03-18-2025, 03:59 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 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.

I absolutely agree with how everything's scaled, but then that makes what Browning did even MORE impressive, as he was well above the league average that year.

And yes, I am fully aware (as has been mentioned ITT) that he was 0-3 against playoff teams (should've been 1-2 or 2-1, but I digress), but aside from that first Pitt game (which again, we should have won), he looked excellent in every opportunity. 

He really made me eat my own words.

(03-18-2025, 04:04 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Agreed. I ran analysis a few years back that was based on this topic. I normalized Bengals QB passer ratings and plotted them along with win percentage to find the best individual seasons by a Bengals QB. This is outdated now, but still good enough.



Kenny was a freaking stud.

Fantastic chart. any way this could be updated?