Sporting News Ranks AJ McCarron League's Best Backup QB

[BengalChris]

(07-12-2016, 01:57 AM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: I mean, even though he did win his first playoff game in his 13 year career. He still wasn't that great in the playoffs at all.

48 for 81. 584 yards. 59.3 completion percentage. 4 TDs. 6 INTs. 67.1 QB rating. Fumbled the ball 3 times, lost 2 of them.

That's a 1 for 2 TD to turnover ratio. That's still pretty bad.

Yeah, Palmer didn't look good in the playoffs this year. But they did advance.

(07-12-2016, 06:26 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: Because passer rating is based on pure %. The less yards it takes you to score through the air the higher passer rating you have. So, if you start with a short field that's less yards you have to cover and that raises your passer rating quite a bit.

Plus McCarron has a hard time scoring if the ball is placed on the Bengals side of the field, so it increases his chance to score, which increases his passer rating. You would be surprised at how little McCarron scores when he doesn't start by or past (on the opponents side) the 50 yard line.

Still haven't shown where I'm wrong about McCarron.

Still, somehow he managed to have team with a lead and the offense did score more points than it has in the last several playoff games. You should be happy he's on this team and not on a team like the Steelers or Ravens or Clowns.