Battle for first place Skins vs Gints pregame thread

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

One guy from Each Division - not really saying good or bad, just a comparison sample. It's amazing the lack of good qb's overall.
Nick Foles questionable, but hard division to choose from
Eli Manning
Jay Cutler
Matt Ryan - hard to choose an average qb in that division
Blake Bortles
Alex Smith
Joe Flacco
Ryan Tannehill


I didn't look stats for them. My main point is that KC's issue has been and still is wild swings. I think this team would win with a qb who constantly performed in the average + range, but right now we have a Jekyll and Hyde guy.

I compared the QBR’s of the QB’s you suggested to those of Kirk Cousins. For ease of comparison, I grouped their game by game performances in four tiers: Tier 1 = 70.0 or Above, Tier 2 = 50.0 to 69.9, Tier 3 = 30.0 to 49.9, Tier 4 = 29.9 to 0.0. This should give some idea of each QB’s consistency. Not all QB’s have played the same number of games.

You said that Kirk is wildly inconsistent. I said that he is no more inconsistent than any other good but not elite QB. I think these numbers prove my point, if QBR means anything.

You also said that it might be too much to ask for to have a Redskins QB with a 60.0 QBR. Kirk is already at 58.7 YTD and improving, IMO. I don't see any reason why he can't go over 60.0 by the end of the season.

Kirk Cousins

T1 = 4, T2 = 2, T3 = 3, T4 = 1. YTD QBR = 58.7. High QBR = 83.4. Low QBR = 23.2

Kirk’s trends most closely resemble Eli’s and Cutler's except that their highs are higher. There were at least 7 dropped passes in his lowest QPR game vs. NE.

Eli Manning

T1 = 4, T2 = 2, T3 = 3, T4 = 1. YTD QBR = 68.6. High QBR = 94.1. Low QBR = 23.0

Jay Cutler

T1 = 4, T2 = 1, T3 = 2 T4 = 1. YTD QBR = 65.4. High QBR = 90.2. Low QBR = 29.6

Matt Ryan

T1 = 2, T2 = 4, T3 = 4 T4 = 0. YTD QBR = 63.5. High QBR = 93.0. Low QBR = 36.0

Steadiest QB of the group. No very bad games but also fewer very good games than Eli, Jay, and Kirk.

Blake Bortles

T1 = 3, T2 = 1, T3 = 4 T4 = 2. YTD QBR = 54.1. High QBR = 89.8. Low QBR = 11.9

Probably the least consistent of the group.

Alex Smith

T1 = 3, T2 = 2, T3 = 3 T4 = 2. YTD QBR = 54.0. High QBR = 97.9. Low QBR = 7.4

On the surface, Alex looks to be thoroughly average but he’s had a lot of swings in his QPR. He’s not very consistent.

Joe Flacco

T1 = 1, T2 = 4, T3 = 1 T4 = 4. YTD QBR = 40.9. High QBR = 75.4. Low QBR = 8.6

Poor Joe. Terrible season ending with a knee injury. Didn’t get much help.

Ryan Tannehill

T1 = 1, T2 = 3, T3 = 1 T4 = 5. YTD QBR = 33.3. High QBR = 94.2. Low QBR = 9.7

Ryan is just a terrible pro QB.

Nick Foles

T1 = 1, T2 = 2, T3 = 2 T4 = 4. YTD QBR = 33.0. High QBR = 81.9. Low QBR = 1.5

Nick can’t be as bad as Tannehill, can he?