McKDaddy
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I completely agree stats are not the be all end all. I was replying to AC who was saying that Dak was a much better QB than Kirk. The stats nor the eye test bear that out.The false equivalence is drawing up a similarity between Dak and Kirk based on stats.
Kirks stats are better than nearly all the QBs. Does that mean he's Top 5? Top 6? Because there aren't 5 or 6 QBs with better stats than him.
No......because most of his stats are meaningless. It's against the Lions and Bears. Anytime he's in the Primetime window his stats regress below his mean because he doesn't play well in games people actually see.
Dak might play badly in the playoffs but in the regular season Primetime he usually shines.
My point is that many devoted Dakvidians point to his good stats to say he's a great QB but outright dismiss players like Kirk who have almost exactly the same stats. Dak is just better somehow. Yet they don't like when other people refer to the eye test.
Fairness demands that if you argue one thing for or against in regards to one player, then that should be your position across the board. Right?
I think both benefit from playing in a pass happy league & weak divisions. We could go back & forth on who has done what against whom.
At the end of the day, if we agree they are very similar QB's I think we have reached a reasonable conclusion.