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01-25-2013, 11:34 AM #49Veteran Poster
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Just win 2 or 3 rings Joe and shut all these idiots up.
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01-25-2013, 12:13 PM #50
Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
I'm with you on this entire post.
Back to the OP, I really don't have a problem with their rankings much at all. Ryan vs. Flacco was settled as of about week 12-15 when Ryan was jsut coming down from his MVP-type season pedestal, while Flacco lost 3 straight. That said, Obviously it's been in Flacco's favor since the Giants game, but it's a relatively short run. Clutch is the main place that Flacco has an advantage over Ryan, and it is certainly of the utmost importance, but I'm not sure it outweigh's Ryan's stats on these types of lists.
Dalton should certainly be higher then Tannehill, but Stafford, IMO is where he should be. I like how they have the young uys ranked, as the group of Luck, RGIII, WIlson, Kaepernick and Cam have certainly put their stamp on this league. I have no issue with ever single one ranked over Stafford, who has been consistantly inconsistant, and fragile. Without Calvin Johnson he would look more like Sam Bradford.
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01-25-2013, 12:15 PM #51
Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
I can assure you this has nothing to do with the fact that you have a different opinion than I do but... People like you are the absolute worst. Guys who go around touting advanced metrics as the end all be all are annoying enough in baseball, where advanced stats actually work. Advanced metrics in football are damn near useless, too many moving parts. Just watch the games
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01-25-2013, 12:18 PM #52
Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Phantoom, honest question - 2 minutes left, you're team is down 4 and has the ball at their own 20... You would prefer to put the ball in Matt Ryan's hands over Joe Flacco's?
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01-25-2013, 12:27 PM #53Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Considering Matt Ryan led his team to a win in a similar situation in the playoffs this year, why would I not choose him? Oh, right, he's not "clutch" somehow...
Thanks for that...opinion. Baseball stats proved that we cannot trust our eyes. Football advanced stats are more difficult to obtain and dissect than baseball, but I am not inclined to to throw the baby out with the bathwater and call it impossible. DVOA is currently the best projection system in the world (certainly much better than anyone who just "watches the games") so I respectfully disagree.
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01-25-2013, 12:28 PM #54
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01-25-2013, 12:33 PM #55Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
HA! You're right. Leading your team to a game winning FG is completely different...
Also, this:
http://www.pro-football-reference.co...gle_season.htm
http://www.pro-football-reference.co...gwd_career.htm
But please, come up with some other reason why Matt Ryan isn't "clutch" and Joe is. Keep changing the definition until you are right.Last edited by Phantoom; 01-25-2013 at 12:39 PM.
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
I watched Matt Ryan's passes dying after like 15-20 yards against the Niners. His receivers had to go down low for passes, unless he put a ton of loft under them.
So, no. I don't think Matt Ryan would have been more successful in Baltimore simply because Baltimore plays outdoors in the elements and consistently faces top tiered defenses, which Matt Ryan does not.
We saw how Ryan played in Pittsburgh last year and that wasn't even in the winter.
Ryan is a good QB, but I'll take Flacco over him any day.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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01-25-2013, 12:50 PM #57
Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Matt Ryan also only played 1 post-season game in his rookie + sophomore seasons. Flacco played 5. The inclusion of those games during which Flacco was an inexperienced QB playing on the road (and in the case of his second year, with a really bad injury) really hurts his career numbers. How about we pick up from 2010. Both QBs have made it to the post-season every year since then.
Flacco has played in 7 games, 5 of which were on the road, and he has a 5-2 record in those games. And he has 1725 yards, 15 TDs, and 2 INTs for a 102.2 QB Rating.
Ryan has played in 4 games, 3 of which were at home, and he has a 1-3 record in those games. And he has 1031 Yards, 7 TDs, and 5 INTs for an 88.6 QB Rating.
For Flacco, that's a touchdown every 14.7 passes, and an INT every 110 passes. 7.84 yards per attempt. For Ryan, that's a touchdown every 21 passes, and an INT every 29.4 passes. 7.01 yards per attempt.
It's obvious that Flacco has performed much, much better in the play-offs, and then when you consider that Flacco has played every playoff game outside in the cold and wind, and Ryan has played mostly in his comfy dome... and Flacco does what he does on the Road, while Ryan benefits from being at home... It's really night and day how much better Flacco is in the post-season.
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01-25-2013, 12:50 PM #58Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Not only that, when the Falcons were up by 14 points vs Seattle, Matty Ice threw a bomb that ended up being intercepted that put them in the situation to begin with.
People forget that though. I live in Atlanta, I watch the games, and even WITH a lead, he ALWAYS throws an untimely interception that keeps the game close. That's why he has no choice but to chuck it away to try and win the game. Didn't work this past Sunday though.
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
Look if you want to believe in stats, great, whatever floats your boat. I don't think they're meaningful way of comparing two people, mainly in football, there are just way to many variables to account for.
That said, I'd take Flacco over Ryan. Joe has done more with less. I've sen Ryan lead his teams on game winning drives too. Just watching the two my opinion (which has as much weight as subjective stats) is Ryan can sometimes have that deer-in-the-headlight look and Joe has the here-I-fucking-come look. Not only are those the looks but when their teams needs those attitudes I see it in Joe's play more than I do Ryan's
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01-25-2013, 01:00 PM #60Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: NFL.COM Top Quarterbacks under 30
These gymnastics of picking a choosing when we are going to count are hurting my head. I'm sure I could counter with Ryans injury, or the quality of defenses he played (San Fran had the second best D in the league this year) but how about this: I will admit that Joe Flacco has been better than Matt Ryan in the playoffs since 2010. I just think that judging QBs on such a tiny sample size is ludicrous. I would much rather judge a QB on how they have done over the past 32 games than the past 4. Hell, I could probably find 4 game runs that made Boller look like a decent QB. Well, maybe.
I am completely fine with people taking Flacco, I just think it is ridiculous to not understand why many people would want Ryan (which is why this thread was started, from what can tell).
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