Everyone seems to forget about the Steelers having the 2nd highest rated QB in the league with a much worse supporting cast than QB1 or QB3 (Palmer).
Through his first 4 games of 2005, Big Ben threw 7 TDs and 0 INTs.Through his last 5 games (weeks 12-16) he has thrown 6 TDs and 5 INTs.
Sure, it could be due to injury. Last year his falloff in production could be due to injury as well. However, in both 2004 and 2005, the fact remains that his production tailed off at the end of each year. Its a trend that shouldn't be ignored.
Skewed stats. His first game back from injury was at Indy, he did play awful (58.7 passer rating, his only below 85 all year). But in the 4 games since then his QB ratings have been: 94.2, 109, 99 and 120. Any coach in the league would take those.
There are no skewed stats there. You are putting a heavy emphasis on passer rating. I'm not. If you feel you prefer passer rating, fine. But nothing has been skewed. I don't care how good any other stat is - if you start throwing more INTs than TDs, you eventually lose your job. Therefore, I start by looking at that ratio. Then if that checks out I look at YPA. I don't consider passer rating whatsoever and never have. And also I did note that he was injured. I noted that Ben gets injured a LOT. In his short career he CLEARLY has been injury-prone. One has to consider the odds of him suffering a new injury or reaggravating an old one is high with him.When I look at Ben's TD-to-INT ratio, in his last 5 games its completely mediocre. Until that gets fixed none of his other personal stats matter to me.
And in his last 3 games, it's infinitely high, since he hasn't thrown an interception in any of those games. On the other hand, Peyton Manning is 3/2 in his last 3 games, Jake Plummer is 3/1, Carson Palmer is 6/5 and Superman Tom Brady is only 5/2. Looks like over the last 3 weeks, Ben has the best TD/Int. ratio of any of the "star" AFC playoff QB's. Now there's a trend you've missed. Even if you go back four games, Manning is 6/2, Palmer is 9/5, Ben is 5/3, Plummer is 4/3 and Brady is 6/6, so Ben's ratio is only significantly worse than Peyton's. See, selective stats can be quite convincing.
: crickets :Seems you shut up BGP.
I think BGP has been in jail the past few days:
Browns fan says hatred for Steelers moved him to run on field
12/27/2005, 7:41 p.m. ET
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — For avid Cleveland Browns fan Nathan Mallett, facing time in jail for running onto the field during a blowout loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers is not the worst of it.
Even the body slam by Pittsburgh's James Harrison didn't hurt as much as the thought that the Browns might ban Mallett from home games.
"That is probably the worst part of it. I guess I'll still watch them on TV," Mallett said Tuesday after pleading innocent in Cleveland Municipal Court to disorderly conduct while intoxicated and criminal trespassing.
Mallett, 24, of Chippewa Lake, has a Jan. 3 trial date. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.
Bill Bonsiewicz, a Browns spokesman, said banning Mallett is a possibility. The team will wait to see what happens in court before determining whether Mallett may attend another Browns home game, he said.
Dressed in Cleveland colors — including knee-high bright orange socks and sweat pants that fell off his hips after Harrison's hit — Mallett got past Browns security and ran onto the field with 9:17 left in the fourth quarter of the 41-0 Steelers rout Saturday.
Harrison, a 6-foot, 242-pound linebacker, tackled Mallett and held him against the field until police arrived, handcuffed Mallett and hauled him off to jail.
Harrison said he dropped Mallett because he was heading toward the Pittsburgh sideline.
"We didn't know if he had anything on him or if he might do something. I was protecting my teammates," Harrison said. "I didn't want to hurt him. I just wanted to keep him down until the proper authorities came."
Mallett said he was intoxicated and didn't feel any pain from Harrison's tackle.
But Mallett said he bum rushed the field because his heart was aching from seeing Cleveland's rival winning.
"There's nothing I can say except I hate losing to the Steelers," he said.
Mallett apologized to the Browns and advised other fans who may have similar ideas to think twice.
"Don't do it," said Mallett, who spent Christmas Eve behind bars. "It ain't worth it."
Browns president John Collins said the team is reviewing stadium security measures, handled by Cleveland police and a private company, Tenable Security.
"It's not acceptable," said Collins.
On Oct. 30, a fan ran onto the field in Cincinnati and stole the ball from Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre.
Greg Gall, 31, of Cincinnati was placed on 14 months' probation after pleading guilty to charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct while intoxicated. While on probation, he is banned from Paul Brown Stadium and the Reds' Great American Ball Park.
As for Mallett, he could have been tackled by Browns linebacker Kenard Lang, who only shoved him "because he was a Cleveland fan."
"If he was a Pittsburgh fan, I probably would've knocked him out," Lang said.
