Which QB as missed the most games the last 10 years?

[Wolfpack]

In an offense that often depends on Romo holding onto the ball longer to improvise his way to big plays, in a league whose officials have NEVER given him a roughing the passer call in the 4th quarter (and very few in any quarter over his career), it's no surprise that he's injured as often as he is.

100 % truth here.

 

[Wolfpack]

Rivers played under Norv which features a system with longer pass routes. Eli played in a long pass route system until McAdoo came along.

And the injuries Romo has suffered have not been from late hits.

That's kind of a curious case with Romo...his injuries are something that will legitimately put any QB out, but they are not too serious to hurt his future play. He's had thumb injuries, the collarbone and now the back. Although the back injury wasn't too severe and it was caused on a random play, almost freakishly.

The issue as I see it is that the collarbone is very susceptible to being broke after it has been broken for the first time. And the back injury is something you don't want to ever have because backs are a really tricky part of the body. And I just think at his age, he is very susceptible to having that one injury that greatly decreases his ability to perform forever. And we still treat him like he's got 5 years to go, no problem.





YR

Gilbright came in a remade their offense for Eli to make simple reads and shorter throws. That's what changed him from a turnover machine to a decent QB. He will still take the shots downfield and take a big hit to do it but they mostly kept him in a comfortable position.

 

[percyhoward]

Gilbright came in a remade their offense for Eli to make simple reads and shorter throws. That's what changed him from a turnover machine to a decent QB. He will still take the shots downfield and take a big hit to do it but they mostly kept him in a comfortable position.

Eli is not one of those guys who makes his living off the deeper throws -- either by standing in there or by escaping and extending the play.

15+ yard targets, since 2004
(min 500 att)
1. Romo 112.2
2. Rodgers 107.3
3. Brees 107.2

14. EManning 79.8

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Also, roughing the passer covers much more than late hits. It includes hits with the defender's head down, blows to the passer's head or neck area, hits to the knee or below, clubbing the passer's arm during a pass, hits using any part of the helmet or face mask, or driving the passer into the ground. Romo takes a lot of these types of hits without a flag.

I don't think they have attributed to his injuries though.

The thumb injury came from an O-Linemen getting pushed back into Romo and Romo's hand hitting the helmet when he released the ball.

The first collarbone injury was a missed block and perfectly legal hit.

He then had a cyst removed from his back, followed by a back injury that he suffered from scrambling. And the 2nd collarbone injury was on another legal hit.

The refs unwillingness to call late hits on Romo has played a larger role in helping win/lose games than it has on Romo's health.





YR

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Gilbright came in a remade their offense for Eli to make simple reads and shorter throws. That's what changed him from a turnover machine to a decent QB. He will still take the shots downfield and take a big hit to do it but they mostly kept him in a comfortable position.

He was still a turnover machine in Gilbride's offense and it was still a long pass pattern system.

Eli is great at avoiding being sacked. However, part of the issue is that he gets away with more intentional grounding than any QB I've ever seen.

In the end, I don't see it mattering that much because Romo's injuries haven't been due to late hits.





YR

 

[percyhoward]

The refs unwillingness to call late hits on Romo has played a larger role in helping win/lose games than it has on Romo's health.

You're a defender. Across the LOS from you is a QB 1) who is the league's best at the deeper and/or improvised throws, 2) whose team can't win without him (see #1), 3) and who doesn't get the same protection from officials that other elite QB get.

You have no reason to play it safe, and every reason to try to knock him out of the game. That QB will not take the same kind of hits that most QB take.

 

[Kevinicus]

Stafford has missed 17.3% of games in which he was going to start. Romo has missed 16.8% not including a game #16 when he sat after Cowboys clinched all that they could.

I don't believe that ever happened.

2006 - He played vs. Detroit.
2007 - He started vs. Washington
2009 - He played vs Philly
2014 He played vs Washington