I know this is probably a futile attempt, but I think it's worth a shot.
Most of us use the eyeball to determine if we've got a QB or not & there will be plenty of subjective discourse throughout the season, but... I was hoping we could identify some objective standard of what we'd like to see from our starting QB.
Sure, some of us are hoping beyond hope that Ryan Mallett is every bit the franchise QB that Andrew Luck is. Most likely that is not the case, we know it, may not want to admit it, but... hope against hope y'know.
So, I'm suggesting we discuss what objective measures we could use to determine if our QB is or is not meeting up to our expectation. I'll start with Matt Schaub. I know, I know... we want better than Matt Schaub. However, short of drafting a hot QB prospect, what are the odds that we'll actually find "better than Schaub" in a 7 year journeyman & a 3rd round drug dealer?
So... in 2012, Schaub's last good year (though the anti-Schaub started showing up late in the year) averaged a passer rating of 90, 64% completion, & 7.4 ypa. & of course, a TD:INT ratio greater than 2.
To me, I'm going to say our QB had a good game if he has a passer rating over 90, completes more than 60% of his passes, & averages more than 7 ypa. I don't expect him to throw 2 TDs per game, so as long as it's not negative, I won't hold it against him.
What do you think?
Most of us use the eyeball to determine if we've got a QB or not & there will be plenty of subjective discourse throughout the season, but... I was hoping we could identify some objective standard of what we'd like to see from our starting QB.
Sure, some of us are hoping beyond hope that Ryan Mallett is every bit the franchise QB that Andrew Luck is. Most likely that is not the case, we know it, may not want to admit it, but... hope against hope y'know.
So, I'm suggesting we discuss what objective measures we could use to determine if our QB is or is not meeting up to our expectation. I'll start with Matt Schaub. I know, I know... we want better than Matt Schaub. However, short of drafting a hot QB prospect, what are the odds that we'll actually find "better than Schaub" in a 7 year journeyman & a 3rd round drug dealer?
So... in 2012, Schaub's last good year (though the anti-Schaub started showing up late in the year) averaged a passer rating of 90, 64% completion, & 7.4 ypa. & of course, a TD:INT ratio greater than 2.
To me, I'm going to say our QB had a good game if he has a passer rating over 90, completes more than 60% of his passes, & averages more than 7 ypa. I don't expect him to throw 2 TDs per game, so as long as it's not negative, I won't hold it against him.
What do you think?