"Brett Favre is Overrated" (1 Viewer)

[FreeBaGeL]

I've been saying this all offseason.

Look people, the guy SUCKED for two seasons, then magically at the age of 38 he remembers how to play football?

Even at the beginning of the year, while a vast improvement over the prior two years, he didn't really hit his stride until Ryan Grant stepped in. Jennings made some amazing long touchdowns out of short passes, and few had to do with him being hit in stride.

Odd coincidence.

He did not totally suck in 06...but nice try.Did not hit his stride until Grant stepped in?

You might want to look back to the start of last year and what they did throwing the ball with no running game (and Jennings missed the first several games).

Favre (in 2007) when Grant did not start threw for 285 yards and 1.5 touchdowns per game and 6.9ypa.Favre (in 2007) when Grant did start threw for 330 yards and 2.42 touchdowns per game and 8.8ypa.

Somewhat as I did not think the stats were that skewed.However...watching the games...it was not as if he was just out chucking it up sucking those first games.

He also missed Jennings the first 2 games.

You also have the progression of the line to think about in his protection that gets overlooked.

While he did better with Grant and a running game...he was not exactly terrible before that.

Stats can be skewed to support any point anyone is trying to make. The above does not take into consideration strength of schedule or opposing defenses either(including 2 games agains the Lions that stick out the most to me, as well as other teams that tended to have softer defenses for the most part than before Grant started playing).Using the logic in this thread, Rex Grossman is a better QB than Brett Favre, he just hasn't had the receivers to turn him into a good QB. Imagine what Rex could do on the Packers!!!

Pass defense ranking of the teams he played before Grant started:16

12

17

27

32

15

Average: 19.8333

Pass defense ranking of the teams he played after Grant started:

6 (21-27 for 331yds and 2TDs)

4 (24-34 for 360yds and 2TDs)

32

14

31

11

7 (15-23 for 266yds and 2TDs)

22

27

31

Average: 18.0

So statistically, the pass defenses he faced after Grant came in were actually tougher. He faced three top 10 pass defenses all year, all with Grant in the lineup, and in those games he averaged:

319 yards per game, 2 TDs per game, and a Godly 11.4ypa

Which means that on a per attempt basis, the games against top 10 pass defenses were his best of the year. I think it's safe to say that strength of defense had little to no effect.

Keep 'em coming