First, Chris E must be celebrating. Gary Kubiak was just fired by the Texans. Though if Wade Phillips is the interim coach, they are destined to go 2-14. Talk is that they'd like Teddy Bridgewater in the draft, as they think Case Keenum is a career backup. Maybe he is, but you put most any QB in that same entire system swapping with Keenum, and he's not going to perform that great. The Texans have a heap of problems.
Merckx index said:
If you really want evidence that total yards doesn’t mean much, consider that until this past week, Houston was no. 1.
I've never liked relying on that stat as much as others do. You can look back to some Steeler and Raven teams in recent years and see they did well in total yards on D. They also did well in total points on D (which means a little more). But there's math calculations beyond that to really take into consideration. Opposition at the time of season, and time of game even, really play a factor. Foxxy's YPP takes those better into consideration. Though I don't like relying heavily on that stat either.
Ironically, the reason football doesn’t have sabermetrics, yet, is mostly because it’s too complex to do. Every player’s performance is related to everyone else’s.
This is true. And comes into what I stated some months ago, that football is the ultimate team sport. People love doing things like pointing fingers at players who choke (kickers are the favorite), but that's rarely the case where one player, even a QB, or a clutch kick, is THE reason for a team's win or loss.
ESPN has a factoring system for QB ranking that is somewhat interesting, but I still don't think takes into consideration a few things.
Read about it here. And
here is their list.
Speaking of Luck, saw an article ranking the four young Turks...Had Luck first, Kaep second, Wilson 3d, RG dead last…
Well, I do like Luck. I think he has all the tools to be a great QB. But Foxxy is right, the way this season has gone he's starting to look like the next Eli Manning. Winning some games, some clutch drives, but at other times, not.
I agree with Foxxy on RG3. Last year he was special. But I think it's likely his knee never fully healed to 100%, let alone the rest of his game. Thus an average year. But he's a smart guy with a strong arm and good deep field accuracy. You can build a career on that. The Skins have some hope for the future around him, if they can play it right. AND he doesn't get hurt.
I think Wilson is someone who will last a while. He may also end up the next Drew Brees to compare him to his idol. He has a strong arm, moves well without getting hammered the way RG3 does, and he is just obsessed. Every time he talks, it's about the constant drive to improve. It's all he is alive for, to master his position. I also think Kaep will be okay. But he is making a few mistakes we saw in college. Where if the 1st or 2nd guy wasn't open, he'd either run, or try to make something happen, forcing plays. Playing for Nevada that was great, the NFL, it's harder, much harder. But with work, coaching, and receivers, he can get there. He has the arm and size.
As to writers and talking heads. You hear what Foxxy says all the time. On the radio and TV in the NY area Boomer Esiason is big. But while he knows football pretty well, he makes the same mistakes you're talking about. The other week some team failed on a 4th down and he was talking about how that was a mistake and shifted momentum in the game. Seriously? One guy I do like hearing on Yahoo is Sean Salisbury. Who was on ESPN but a stupid sexting photo joke got him pushed out. But that guy is jam packed with football knowledge, very high intensity about it.