It also shows how much better the team is with Jimmy in place than without him.
If SF was truly a loaded roster carrying Jimmy, why can’t they win even 25% of their games without him?
There is a stat called Net Yards Per Attempt. This site crunched the numbers and found it impacts a team’s chance of winning the big one more than any other QB stat; not passer rating, not ESPN QBR, not TD/INT ratio:
https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/most-important-stat-in-football-47ea57ca1f5249d9#:~:text=A Simple Stat&text=Peyton Manning is the NFL,per pass attempt at 7.23.
Jimmy Garropolo is second all-time in Net Yards per Attempt to Mahomes. No joke.
Then there’s this site, that goes by winning indiviual games. They’re ranked each of the most important QB stats reflecting W/L records in the average regular season game:
https://mfootballanalytics.com/2020/04/06/which-qb-stats-are-the-most-important/
Turns out EPA shows more value in QB win shares than any other next gen stat. And where did Jimmy rank in that category last year?
a big part of this is that Jimmy is currently at 67.7% completion, and will retire as the most accurate QB who ever lived.
So Why is his TD % so low with stats like these? Because they don’t throw it inside the 20. Why is his INT% so high? Because they only start to go pass heavy in dire game situations. Or maybe all these stats are just blind luck and any QB could do this stuff.
He knows how to win football games; compiling TDs and yards was never the primary goal of the QB position. Here is the offense we need you to run, now do everything in your power to win the game. 31-14 with Jimmy, 8-27 without.