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(08-05-2019, 03:51 PM)Joelist Wrote: I even saved off this little QBR gem because it had sports analysts across the country laughing at ESPN:

Drew Brees
26/36 332 5 tds 0 ints 146 passer Rating, but ESPN has a 70 QBR
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331027018


Terrelle Pryor
10/19 88 yards 0 tds 2 ints 9 carries 105 yards 1 td
25 Passer Rating, but 96.2 QBR
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331027013

Then there was how it said Aaron Rodgers was not as good as Tim Tebow....

Rodgers was 26-39 for 396 yards, 2 TD

Tebow was 4-10 for 79 yards and rushed 6 times for 38 yards and 2 TD.

The list goes on and on and on. There's a very good reason you don't see actual league pros going anywhere near it.

These are one game instances.  One game.  

And ROdgers was still graded as elite in that game (8 years ago).  

• Tebow scrambled six times for 38 yards and a touchdown, giving him considerable credit. Rodgers' only "carry" was a one-yard kneel-down to end the game.
• Rodgers took four sacks. Tebow did not have a play that resulted in negative yardage. Quarterbacks are given a share of blame for sacks.
• Almost half of Rodgers' passing total, 197 of 396, was judged to come after the catch, for which quarterbacks receive less credit.
• QBR weighs a quarterback's performance relative to the game situation. Here's how Bennett described the difference between how QBR viewed Tebow's clutch performance and how it viewed Rodgers': "Rodgers performed about the same as Tebow in bringing his team back from a 14-0 deficit (QBR of 83.6 from start of 2nd qtr). However, unlike Tebow, Rodgers was on the field when he team went into as 14-0 hole. Since those plays count towards his overall [performance], his QBR was 82 for the game."