07-09-2016, 12:29 AM
Since we're on the subject of passing numbers, specifically passing yardage and completion percentage, I figured we could throw out some random comparisons, without any context given.
--Drew Bledsoe threw for more career yards than Joe Montana.
--Tony Romo has thrown for more career yards than the following QB's: Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, Bart Starr, Kenny Anderson, Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason...
(Note: Tony Romo didn't even play in his first two seasons, missed almost another entire season due to injury, and is always on the outside looking in when it comes to conversations of elite. He's this generations Bernie Kosar or Dave Kreig. Despite shorter season for some, he still dwarfs a lot of these guys numbers is less games played.)
--Carson Palmer is currently 18th in total yards. 18th. And he's still active. He'll pass Unitas and Fouts this year. There's a very, very realistic chance he's end up in the top 10. Of all freaking time. Believe or not, there's a decent chance he'll pass Elway.
--1/3 of the top 20 QB's of all time are currently active. And that's not including recently retired guys like Manning and Favre.
--Matt Ryan is a 1,000 yards away from Troy Aikman in career yards. Pedestrian, right in the middle of his career Matt Ryan will probably surpass all time great Troy Aikman by week 4. Whoa.
--Jay Cutler has thrown for more yards than Ken Stabler and Ron Jawarski, and bunch of the guys listed with Romo.
--Matt Stafford has thrown for more yards than both Jim Plunkett and Joe Theisman.
--Jon Kitna thew for almost 50% more yards in his career than Bernie Kosar. Jon Kitna, who was a backup for the majority of his career.
I could go on and on. I only did this to try to show dumb passing numbers are without context. Not only are guys throwing more now than ever, but you need other stats to even try to judge a QB. What are their TD's, the INT's, are they winning?
I mean, you tell me which player had the better season:
Player A - 4500 yards, 64% compl, 31 TD's, 23 INT's. Lost in Wildcard round.
Player B - 4000 yards, 62 compl%, 29 TD's, 7 INT's. Lost in Superbowl
We need a lot more than passing numbers to judge a QB, and if they're brought up at all we definitely need to discuss era played.
--Drew Bledsoe threw for more career yards than Joe Montana.
--Tony Romo has thrown for more career yards than the following QB's: Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, Bart Starr, Kenny Anderson, Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason...
(Note: Tony Romo didn't even play in his first two seasons, missed almost another entire season due to injury, and is always on the outside looking in when it comes to conversations of elite. He's this generations Bernie Kosar or Dave Kreig. Despite shorter season for some, he still dwarfs a lot of these guys numbers is less games played.)
--Carson Palmer is currently 18th in total yards. 18th. And he's still active. He'll pass Unitas and Fouts this year. There's a very, very realistic chance he's end up in the top 10. Of all freaking time. Believe or not, there's a decent chance he'll pass Elway.
--1/3 of the top 20 QB's of all time are currently active. And that's not including recently retired guys like Manning and Favre.
--Matt Ryan is a 1,000 yards away from Troy Aikman in career yards. Pedestrian, right in the middle of his career Matt Ryan will probably surpass all time great Troy Aikman by week 4. Whoa.
--Jay Cutler has thrown for more yards than Ken Stabler and Ron Jawarski, and bunch of the guys listed with Romo.
--Matt Stafford has thrown for more yards than both Jim Plunkett and Joe Theisman.
--Jon Kitna thew for almost 50% more yards in his career than Bernie Kosar. Jon Kitna, who was a backup for the majority of his career.
I could go on and on. I only did this to try to show dumb passing numbers are without context. Not only are guys throwing more now than ever, but you need other stats to even try to judge a QB. What are their TD's, the INT's, are they winning?
I mean, you tell me which player had the better season:
Player A - 4500 yards, 64% compl, 31 TD's, 23 INT's. Lost in Wildcard round.
Player B - 4000 yards, 62 compl%, 29 TD's, 7 INT's. Lost in Superbowl
We need a lot more than passing numbers to judge a QB, and if they're brought up at all we definitely need to discuss era played.
