Arena League Like Passing Stats

[perrykemp]

Current (after 2 weeks) passing yard totals projected over 16 seasons:

Tom Brady: 7520
Cam Newton: 6832
Phillip Rivers: 5704
Drew Brees: 5512
Tony Romo: 5496

5 different guys including Romo on pace to break's Marino's single season passing record (5084 yards).

Call me old-fashioned, I prefer to watch a more balanced game where running the ball still is still an important part of the game plan as opposed to something to do to keep defenses honest.

Clearly the NFL sees things differently, the increasingly liberalized passing rules are turning the NFL into something that looks more like Arena League or the CFL.

 

[adamknite]

It's just how the rules are now. They have a ton of rules protecting QBs from big hits and now new rules for protecting the receivers too. The way the league is structured right now, passing the ball is just so easy. (relatively speaking)

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

The NFL has been a passing league for years now. It is only the old guard who believe in the 3 yards and a cloud of dust view of football.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

It's terrible IMO, but I'm sure somewhere Goodell and Rich McKay and company are rubbing their hands with glee.

 

[Future]

The NFL has been a passing league for years now. It is only the old guard who believe in the 3 yards and a cloud of dust view of football.

Only one of those teams is undefeated...and their coach and QB are just in a different world right now.

 

[the truth of it all]

Well Dbs cant breath on wr's any more so what do you expect. h

 

[CATCH17]

It's terrible IMO, but I'm sure somewhere Goodell and Rich McKay and company are rubbing their hands with glee.

Yep it's what they wanted.

Every team can spread you out at any time.

 

[Tricericon]

Current (after 2 weeks) passing yard totals projected over 16 seasons:

Tom Brady: 7520
Cam Newton: 6832
Phillip Rivers: 5704
Drew Brees: 5512
Tony Romo: 5496

5 different guys including Romo on pace to break's Marino's single season passing record (5084 yards).

Call me old-fashioned, I prefer to watch a more balanced game where running the ball still is still an important part of the game plan as opposed to something to do to keep defenses honest.

Clearly the NFL sees things differently, the increasingly liberalized passing rules are turning the NFL into something that looks more like Arena League or the CFL.

Oh, come on. Tons of guys are always on pace to break it after a couple weeks - usually a couple guys hang on past midseason. It's easy to string two good games together.

Sixteen, on the other hand, is really friggin' hard. If the passing is now as catastrophic as you suggest, why hasn't the record actually been broken?

 

[joseephuss]

Oh, come on. Tons of guys are always on pace to break it after a couple weeks - usually a couple guys hang on past midseason. It's easy to string two good games together.

Sixteen, on the other hand, is really friggin' hard. If the passing is now as catastrophic as you suggest, why hasn't the record actually been broken?

1. Dan Marino*+ · MIA 5084
2. Neil Lomax* · STL 4614
3. Phil Simms · NYG 4044
4. Dan Fouts · SDG 3740
5. Dave Krieg* · SEA 3671
6. Joe Montana* · SFO 3630
7. Steve DeBerg · TAM 3554
8. Paul McDonald · CLE 3472
9. Joe Theismann · WAS 3391
10. Warren Moon · HOU 3338

I don't know if the record will be broken, but I bet more than 3 guys will have over 4000 yards for the season. As you can see, that is the number of guys who were able to do it in 1984 when Marino set the benchmark. It isn't about just one guy having an excellent season. It is about the passing game as a whole producing bigger numbers.

In 1984 the average for a team was 205.9 yards per game and an average QB passer rating of 73.2. Last year it was 221.6 yards per game and an average QB passer rating of 82.2.