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Best/Worst QBs to win a SB


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Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. :D I just don't understand the value of comparing stats between QBs that played last year vs 40+ years ago when the game was completely different.

 

And yes the santasez site was indeed more important (or at least funnier) when it was still active. :wacko:

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Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. :D I just don't understand the value of comparing stats between QBs that played last year vs 40+ years ago when the game was completely different.

 

And yes the santasez site was indeed more important (or at least funnier) when it was still active. :wacko:

 

:D

 

Well played.

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In the effort to compare players across eras, I'd think that (for example), comparing the career stats for "QB #1" vs. the average NFL QB for the exact same years to come up with a "how good was he vs. his peers" sort of percentage rank, and then compare that "% better than / worse than" rank to see who is better, regardless of era may be interesting.

 

I don't have time to do that, though. :wacko:

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Put Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, and Tom Moore's offense on the '80s and early '90s Broncos teams and I'll bet you that Elway's passing numbers more closely resemble Montana's.

Just look at the difference in Elway's numbers post-Reeves:

 

avg year (discounting his rookie year) under Reeves - 17 tds, 17 ints, 1 yr above 56.5 comp %, 1 yr above 19 tds, 1 yr above a 79 QB rating at 83.4.

 

avg year under not-Reeves - 24 tds, 11 ints, 1 yr below 58% comp, 1 yr below 22 tds, WORST rating in 6 years was 85.7, twice finished above 90.

 

Of course, it also bears mention that '92 was the 2nd great tightening of pass interference rules (after '78), and there was a similar (if not quite as massive) jump in QB production across the board.

 

So that makes two points - one regarding offensive system as regards a QB's numbers, and one regarding comparing QBs across eras.

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It would be interesting to see how much better or worse these QBs averaged in their Super Bowl appearances vs. their career stats.

 

When I say it would be interesting to compare, I mean if someone besides me did the #s. :wacko:

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It would be interesting to see how much better or worse these QBs averaged in their Super Bowl appearances vs. their career stats.

 

I think when looking at QB's of the 70's, we should weight those results that you suggest very heavily.

 

However, when looking at QB's, of say, the last 3 Super Bowls :D, those numbers should not even be looked at, and if someone does look at them, they should just be thrown out and assumed to be irrelevant.

 

:wacko:

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Jesus, you'd think the implication here is that this list is the end all, be all official ranking of all Super Bowl QBs. What it is, is an attempt to quantify their efficacy and provide some insight. Those who dismiss it as useless are doing so on what basis? Their own subjective opinion. How useful is that?

 

I think it can be damned illustrative to bring data like this into a discussion. It's not the only thing you should be looking at, but you're a fool to ignore it entirely. Especially when the data doesn't automatically favor guys who are just flinging the ball around the yard all game.

 

Sure, it doesn't suck to be in a great offense with skilled players and an inventive OC, so you need to give those without that luxury the benefit of the doubt. Ironic, of course, that so many are rushing to Elway's defense here considering that his stat lines in two of the SBs were just downright bad. Not saying his entire body of work doesn't earn him inclusion into the elite QBs, but those two horrid games did come to mind very quickly when I thought "Elway, SB".

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Jesus, you'd think the implication here is that this list is the end all, be all official ranking of all Super Bowl QBs. What it is, is an attempt to quantify their efficacy and provide some insight. Those who dismiss it as useless are doing so on what basis? Their own subjective opinion. How useful is that?

 

Some people just lose track of the fact that it's the offseason. I like using it for the opportunity for provoking some discussion in some more esoteric directions. That tends to frustrate some. No big deal. Hell, there are some people here who would piss & moan if they won $10M in a lottery because it wasn't $12M.

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I think it can be damned illustrative to bring data like this into a discussion. It's not the only thing you should be looking at, but you're a fool to ignore it entirely. Especially when the data doesn't automatically favor guys who are just flinging the ball around the yard all game.

 

Sounds like you want Vick recoginized too.

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Sounds like you want Vick recoginized too.

Yummy, stinky bait. Well first off, I meant to respond to your "Where does Vick fit in on the list" querry. The answer to that is, the same place where every other QB never to have won a SB does. Not on it.

 

However, yes, I want Vick recognized, as the gawd awful passer that he is. The notion of not skewing the data to help guys who throw the ball around the yard all day is to level the playing field for great QBs who simply managed a more conservative offense. A guy like Aikman for instance. There is very little you can do to make the numbers favor somebody who was simply not that great.

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He makes the list without anyone fixing the numbers. :wacko:

 

Vick? Do you even know what the list is about? Vick never won a SB, much less played in one. And if you want Vick in the discussion "just because," how about Dan Marino? How about Fran Tarkenton? How about Jim Kelly? They never won Super Bowls - and they at least played in the big game.

 

Don't be a tool...stick to the topic and post something valid...for a change.

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Vick? Do you even know what the list is about? Vick never won a SB, much less played in one. And if you want Vick in the discussion "just because," how about Dan Marino? How about Fran Tarkenton? How about Jim Kelly? They never won Super Bowls - and they at least played in the big game.

 

Don't be a tool...stick to the topic and post something valid...for a change.

That's the funny thing, I almost felt guilty about saying he belongs in the same place on that list as every other QB who didn't win a SB because I instantly thought of QBs that were actually good who didn't win the SB. Marino and Kelly first came to mind.

 

So Waterman, you can say you're just fishing, but you're really just being an idiot.

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I'm going to apologize in advance but I've been away for a few months. Why Vick?

 

I was just pointing out that in the NFL stat books that Vick is not the worst passer in the league. In that list, he wasn't even on the bottom. Which is funny considering that his rushing yards don't account in this chart. But he didn't win a Super Bowl yet, so those other teams getting beat by Atlanta didn't really count.

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I was just pointing out that in the NFL stat books that Vick is not the worst passer in the league. In that list, he wasn't even on the bottom. Which is funny considering that his rushing yards don't account in this chart. But he didn't win a Super Bowl yet, so those other teams getting beat by Atlanta didn't really count.

 

:wacko::D:D:D:D:D

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I was just pointing out that in the NFL stat books that Vick is not the worst passer in the league. In that list, he wasn't even on the bottom. Which is funny considering that his rushing yards don't account in this chart. But he didn't win a Super Bowl yet, so those other teams getting beat by Atlanta didn't really count.

Well then, the bar is being set pretty low I guess. So am I to understand that if you're a #1 overall pick who's being billed as a guy who's going to change the game that you merely need to not be the worst passer in the league and lead your team on one nice play-off run where you were unable to finish anyway before eventually flaming out amid dog-fighting charges and everything is cool?

 

Gotcha.

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Excuse me, but until Vick actually wins a SB, he isn't even in the discussion at hand.

 

Appropriately so.

Heck, Vick hasn't even LOST a Super Bowl yet.

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