The QB position

[*PhilHos*]

(05-08-2018, 09:36 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually there are at least 32 every year.  Why can't you look at more than 24 QBs for any period longer than a year? 

Seems pretty simple to me.  There are 45 active QBs with at least 750 career attempts.  These are the guys who have been starters over the last few years.  Dalton ranks 13th out of those 45 QBs in career passer rating.

He doesn't need to do that, fred. See, what you and bfine are both missing is that in his list of 24, these aren't the only 24 active QBs in the league. They're the 24 active QBs that have thrown 1500 minimum passes. Basically, these are the 24 active QBs with the most staying power. These are the guys that continue to have jobs year after year. These are, essentially, the top 24 QBs active in the NFL as of the creation of this particular list. To be on this list means that you are already, at worse, an average QB. The higher on the list you are, the better a QB you are.

So I would say that the 24th ranked QB on that list is average. The stats bear that out. Ergo, to be 10th on a list of the top 24 active QBs in the league would make one a REALLY good QB. 

I commend bfine for helping to demonstrate that Dalton is one of the top QBs in the league.