PFF's best quarterbacks by accuracy category: Aaron Rodgers, Dak Prescott and more

Jimbo123

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#18 in what? This isn't filtered by anything, it's just a list of quarterbacks. All this list shows is that Dak has about the same amount of poor throws per game as Pat Mahomes (5.5)

Completion percentage is not a measure of how accurate a QB is.
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Where's the data to support year in and year out the most accurate passer? This data sure doesn't support it.
Most accurate quarterback
The data you showed indicates that Dak was within 1% of the top 4. That variation is likely to change year over year in the cluster of QBs directly below the top 3 or 4. Where is the stat muse data coming from? That site is an aggregator of numerous sources and I would be interested to know their grading methodology.

PFF also tends to rate Dak as one of most accurate passers based on off target % almost every season.

Either way, most major football analytics sources you can find on on target % has Dak near or in the top 10, so I would hardly consider accuracy a major problem for him. The main issue we observed last season was mainly related to slow decision making when facing two high safeties.
 

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What are advanced QB stats?
Advanced stats offer insight into a Quarterback's performance beyond the standard box score. These statistics provide a detailed view of how a QB accumulates passing yards along with the defensive pressure he faces. To view standard stats, check out our QB Stats reports.
I know what advanced stats are. The page you linked calling him #18 is sorted by fantasy points lol. Yea, he was the #18 fantasy quarterback last year, but it doesn't matter.
 

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I know what advanced stats are. The page you linked calling him #18 is sorted by fantasy points lol. Yea, he was the #18 fantasy quarterback last year, but it doesn't matter.
Which column shows fantasy points? It has nothing to do with fantasy points.
 

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I'll trust my "Eyes" and let these Stat lovers try and convince the masses here that we have a true Franchise that can carry QB.
Pray the defense keeps him in games this coming season.....and let's all PRAY hard baby!!!!
You better get glasses or contacts then. :lmao:
 

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Heck no. Two years ago PFF ranked the Cowboys OL 27th.
:huh: Maybe you are thinking of 2020, when the whole line was hurt and Andy Dalton got stuck QBing behind that backup line?

2022 was one year ago, 2021 was 2 years ago, 2020 was 3 years ago, etc

Year before last.......2021 Final Ranking was #1

here it is

2021 PFF Final O-Line Rankings

1. DALLAS COWBOYS

LT Tyron Smith | 91.9
LG Connor Williams | 76.4
C Tyler Biadasz | 64.8
RG Zack Martin | 94.2
RT La’el Collins | 84.0

The Cowboys' offensive line was back to its best this regular season. That resurgence was driven by the return of some of its best players who have missed time with injuries or seen their play fall off because of them.

Tyron Smith earned a 91.9 PFF grade this season, a career high and the first time he has been above 90.0 since 2015. He allowed 11 pressures across 460 pass-blocking snaps. Zack Martin was again one of the best linemen in the game, and the unit's weakest link — center Tyler Biadasz — critically improved his performances and was solid overall. Only Tampa Bay’s line posted a better pass-blocking efficiency score than Dallas this season, and they were blocking for far less time on average.

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but like I said, it's PFF so they have some major flaws
 
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Year before last.......2021 Final Ranking was #1

here it is

2021 PFF Final O-Line Rankings

1. DALLAS COWBOYS

LT Tyron Smith | 91.9
LG Connor Williams | 76.4
C Tyler Biadasz | 64.8
RG Zack Martin | 94.2
RT La’el Collins | 84.0

The Cowboys' offensive line was back to its best this regular season. That resurgence was driven by the return of some of its best players who have missed time with injuries or seen their play fall off because of them.

Tyron Smith earned a 91.9 PFF grade this season, a career high and the first time he has been above 90.0 since 2015. He allowed 11 pressures across 460 pass-blocking snaps. Zack Martin was again one of the best linemen in the game, and the unit's weakest link — center Tyler Biadasz — critically improved his performances and was solid overall. Only Tampa Bay’s line posted a better pass-blocking efficiency score than Dallas this season, and they were blocking for far less time on average.

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but like I said, it's PFF so they have some major flaws
This is wonky and misleading because they never all played together. Collins missed games 2-6. Smith missed games 8-10, 14, 15, 17. Williams was benched games 10-12.

If you take those individual grades, the group would have been good, but they only played like 5 games together.

As a collective, they ranked 23 in passblock win rate and 6 in run block win rate. The idea that it was a good OL, let alone the best in the league, is stupid.
 

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This is wonky and misleading because they never all played together. Collins missed games 2-6. Smith missed games 8-10, 14, 15, 17. Williams was benched games 10-12.

If you take those individual grades, the group would have been good, but they only played like 5 games together.

As a collective, they ranked 23 in passblock win rate and 6 in run block win rate. The idea that it was a good OL, let alone the best in the league, is stupid.
Tell it to PFF

My point was that PFF can be a bit whacky and folks reading this thread need to keep that in mind.

fwiw, PFF says they had the second-best pass-blocking efficiency score on the season as a unit. So that includes everyone that played.
Where did your 23rd ranking come from?
 

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:huh: Maybe you are thinking of 2020, when the whole line was hurt and Andy Dalton got stuck QBing behind that backup line?

2022 was one year ago, 2021 was 2 years ago, 2020 was 3 years ago, etc

Year before last.......2021 Final Ranking was #1

here it is

2021 PFF Final O-Line Rankings

1. DALLAS COWBOYS

LT Tyron Smith | 91.9
LG Connor Williams | 76.4
C Tyler Biadasz | 64.8
RG Zack Martin | 94.2
RT La’el Collins | 84.0

The Cowboys' offensive line was back to its best this regular season. That resurgence was driven by the return of some of its best players who have missed time with injuries or seen their play fall off because of them.

Tyron Smith earned a 91.9 PFF grade this season, a career high and the first time he has been above 90.0 since 2015. He allowed 11 pressures across 460 pass-blocking snaps. Zack Martin was again one of the best linemen in the game, and the unit's weakest link — center Tyler Biadasz — critically improved his performances and was solid overall. Only Tampa Bay’s line posted a better pass-blocking efficiency score than Dallas this season, and they were blocking for far less time on average.

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but like I said, it's PFF so they have some major flaws
That’s interesting especially since Tyron and Collins both missed time that year…..it says Tyron played 11 games…..
 

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His eyes are correct so far with Dak unless you can show us some title game or SB stats rather than records of futility for wasting 12 wins seasons and matching Romo for being unable to get past the divisional round.

Maybe another smug smiley would help with that?
He can show us garbage stats and more stats and more stats.....and stats...and oh almost forgot the Walter Payton good guy award.
Deduct the last 7 years the NFC East games and both his stats and Wins go to average heaven.
P.S.I would have responded but have a policy of not debating with mods for obvious reasons.
 

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:huh: Maybe you are thinking of 2020, when the whole line was hurt and Andy Dalton got stuck QBing behind that backup line?

2022 was one year ago, 2021 was 2 years ago, 2020 was 3 years ago, etc

Year before last.......2021 Final Ranking was #1

here it is

2021 PFF Final O-Line Rankings

1. DALLAS COWBOYS

LT Tyron Smith | 91.9
LG Connor Williams | 76.4
C Tyler Biadasz | 64.8
RG Zack Martin | 94.2
RT La’el Collins | 84.0

The Cowboys' offensive line was back to its best this regular season. That resurgence was driven by the return of some of its best players who have missed time with injuries or seen their play fall off because of them.

Tyron Smith earned a 91.9 PFF grade this season, a career high and the first time he has been above 90.0 since 2015. He allowed 11 pressures across 460 pass-blocking snaps. Zack Martin was again one of the best linemen in the game, and the unit's weakest link — center Tyler Biadasz — critically improved his performances and was solid overall. Only Tampa Bay’s line posted a better pass-blocking efficiency score than Dallas this season, and they were blocking for far less time on average.

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but like I said, it's PFF so they have some major flaws
You're right. My mistake
 

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This is wonky and misleading because they never all played together. Collins missed games 2-6. Smith missed games 8-10, 14, 15, 17. Williams was benched games 10-12.

If you take those individual grades, the group would have been good, but they only played like 5 games together.

As a collective, they ranked 23 in passblock win rate and 6 in run block win rate. The idea that it was a good OL, let alone the best in the league, is stupid.
That’s what’s confusing me.
 

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He threw the lowest catchable but inaccurate rate in the entire league so this would actually bode well for a WC style offense.

The bottom line is that year in and year out, Dak is rated one of the most accurate passers in the league. I think his interceptions don't usually tend to come from inaccurate balls, but accurately thrown balls that come out late and should never be thrown in the first place.
Over the years, it seems to me that one of Dak's most inaccurate throws has been to receivers coming across the field. He tends to throw those behind the receivers, making the receiver have to break stride to catch the ball and often resulting in incompletions. That doesn't mean that he isn't one of the most accurate passers in the league, it's just an observation concerning one pass he doesn't throw as well as others. I know that the WC-style offense includes a lot of slant patterns (which Dak throws just fine), but I wonder how many deeper, crossing-type routes it features.

Overall, I think the WC-style should improve his completion percentage (which is already very good). Of course, adding a receiver the caliber of Cooks over some of the scrubs we had last year should help as well.
 

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Over the years, it seems to me that one of Dak's most inaccurate throws has been to receivers coming across the field. He tends to throw those behind the receivers, making the receiver have to break stride to catch the ball and often resulting in incompletions. That doesn't mean that he isn't one of the most accurate passers in the league, it's just an observation concerning one pass he doesn't throw as well as others. I know that the WC-style offense includes a lot of slant patterns (which Dak throws just fine), but I wonder how many deeper, crossing-type routes it features.

Overall, I think the WC-style should improve his completion percentage (which is already very good). Of course, adding a receiver the caliber of Cooks over some of the scrubs we had last year should help as well.
I feel like a lot of people say this and ignore the fact that it's true for...every quarterback.

It also ignores the fact that many of those throws "behind WRs" are thrown that way purposely, away from a zone defender, so that the WR doesn't get killed.
 

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His eyes are correct so far with Dak unless you can show us some title game or SB stats rather than records of futility for wasting 12 wins seasons and matching Romo for being unable to get past the divisional round.

Maybe another smug smiley would help with that?
So a QB is only successful if they get to a title game. Maybe you need not to be so smug as it shows you know nothing about the game.
 

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I’d like to see dak lead his receivers better.
Yep as this is unacceptable for a Franchise QB..... :muttley:
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Accuracy, wide receiver, plays a big part in that. Unless you’re throwing at a target. And that doesn’t tell you anything.
 
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