10-20-2020, 11:00 AM
(10-20-2020, 10:15 AM)TheFan Wrote: Kyler's a worse Lamar Jackson and worse in every single way. In a system designed specifically for him since the day he was drafted.
I mean, Lamar Jackson was the best QB in the league last year. I'm not sure saying someone is worse than him tells us a whole lot.
Fwiw, here is where Kyler Murray projects to be at the end of the season:
---3,965 passing yards, 27 passing TD's, 16 Int, 66% completion, 91.3 rating
---986 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD's
He's currently on pace for 800 yards more than Lamar Jackson had last season. And while Jackson's 1,200 yards rushing beats Murray's 986, Jackson only had 7 rushing TD's. Murray, projected at 16, already has 6. Their completion percentages are pretty much identical (65.9 vs. 66.1)
Total Yards
Lamar = 4,333 (2019)
Murray = 4,951 (Projected)
Total TD's
Lamar = 43 (2019)
Murray = 43 (Projected)
The biggest difference is INT's, where Jackson only had 6 and Murray is on pace for 16. But given the difference in pass yards and attempts, I'm not sure it's that big of a difference to disqualify Murray from being comparable.
To each their own, but I think Murray is having a pretty nice 2nd season. He's shown improvement, and can do things most QB's can't. Most importantly, his team is 4-2.
