Yes he did. QB rating is a particularly faulty stat and certainly not the best indicator of a QBs performance over a season.
The NFL seems to attach a lot of meaning to a "faulty" stat JT.
Try actually looking at the stats as a whole and not falling back on that crutch for your argument.
Comparing Bledsoe and McNabb over the past 4 years, stat to stat, certainly appears to push McNabb as the better QB-- convincingly. Maybe you have some other stats not published that you would want me to look at also?
No, actually Carr did. Bledsoe merely had the 2nd worst line in the league.
Funny how virtually every offensive line Bledsoe plays behind ends up one of the worst in the league. Hmm.
Philly had better Wrs than Dallas when TO was on the field. For the two games he wasn't McNabb has crappy WRs. Witten is a better TE when he actually gets to go out for passes. Bledsoe in a down the field offense completed a higher percentage of his passes than McNabb did in the dink and dunk WCO offense known for producing ridiculously high QB ratings.
Sounds like you really thought the combination of Terry Glenn and Key sucked. Plus 22% of time, McNabb didn't even have TO on the field, let alone any competent #2 receiver.
McNabb did suck last year. That doesn't come from us but Philly fans. He fought through injuries, was wildly inaccurate on even short passes and turned a lot of his teammates off.
He "sucked" and still had a better passer rating than Bledsoe... oh yeah I forgot-- that's using a "flawed" measuring device. Yet I see no one lining up to give us anything better.
I have no problem with 11th to 14th. If everyone is healthy and playing well that just might be about right. I'd probably put him 8th or so if I knew the health status of some of the other guys going into the season.
See, I'm getting closer to convincing you.
It can dang sure make someone NOT a top 10 QB which is the point. I can't rank guys coming off of broken legs above a guy who is healthy until I at least see them on the field again. Torrin Tucker sucked long before Drew Bledsoe arrived in Dallas. Jacob Rogers tapped out before he even blocked for Bledsoe. Rivera hurt his back before game 1. But if it helps you to sleep better at night we'll blame their play as a unit on Bledsoe. The Bills did the same then ended up cutting half the OL the next year anyways.
I don't think I ever said that the offensive line had nothing to do with it. Of course it did... of course it was a below average unit. But it would be nice if a Drew-supporter would standup just once and say, "You know I really like Drew as a QB but I think his slow setup and slow reads caused several of our sacks last year". JT I think that would be a very responsible and honest position to take-- don't you?
No one is asking you to. In fact I have no desire to drag out any compliment or credit towards Bledsoe at all. You thought he sucked when he signed and only begrudgingly gave him any credit even when he was the NFL's offensive player of the month. Maybe you are right and maybe you are wrong. No sense worrying too much over that as the proof will be in the pudding.
That's true. I think my evaluation of the guy has been spot-on from day one. Yeah, some view that as negative. I view it as "honest", without any Drew-love spin attached. I said last year that if Drew was a 85.0 rated QB I would be very happy. He came close but no cigar.
No homering out there for me. I simply can't in good faith list Manning high after watching his playoff meltdowns and the way he has handled his criticism of teammates puts him about 1 notch above Terrell Owens. He had Edge, Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Stokley, Dallas Clark and was still crying and blaming everyone else when he tossed picks. How many QBs had a cast as good his his??? And he has managed to win exactly how many playoff games in 8 years? I have no problem ranking Manning much lower than most and honestly do not fear him this year facing the Boys. He is just as OL reliant as Bledsoe but more easily flustered because he's not used ot getting hit. He sucks versus 3-4 defenses that pressure him: See San Diego, NE, Pitt.
I would still take a guy that gets his team to the playoffs and fails as opposed to one that doesn't get to the playoffs period. I guess you missed it, but let me give you the complete story. Over the last two seasons Drew Bledsoe has led a team to the cusp of the playoffs. All they needed to do was win one game... one game. And he failed to do so.
I find it humorous that someone would rate a player higher for failing to get his teams into the playoffs as opposed to someone that did and ultimately failed within the playoffs.
