Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
In the Niners/Lions game thread, several posters claimed Stafford was overrated. And they weren't just talking about his one game performance against a good defense but as a quarterback in general. He did have over 5,000 yards passing last year. 41 touchdowns vs. 16 interceptions. 5th best qb rating. That's pretty damned impressive. Only negatives I can even slightly come up with is the fact he lead the league in passing attempts, was 13th in ypa, and he throws the ball to Calvin (thus boosting his stats vs. those who have lesser weapons). ETA to add initial discussion from the game thread:
<title edited by FBG Mod to help with searching>' said:I actually agree with you. I think there are a LOT of QBs in the NFL who could put up some serious numbers if they could throw the ball 663 times in a season to one of the best WRs corps in the NFL. His stats were also greatly aided by the number of times they threw the ball at the goal line last year.' said:I have to admit to not watching him play a lot of games...but every time I have watched it seems like he's had multiple WTF throws and several off target throws that cost yards. I could be wrong, but it seems like a lot of his success is based on a solid team around him and a ton of opportunity more than any special talent of his own. (I am in no way trying to imply that he's a scrub btw...just don't see him as a stud or future stud like so many seem to. I still see a decent career in his future.)' said:Seriously? I share the thought with you but I'm afraid I won't make it out of here alive. Last season I did a couple FBG game recaps for the Lions and I mentioned that the coaching staff held the reigns back until they fell behind and then they turned him loose. I was surprised he racked up the 5,000/40TD season. Maybe just not his night.' said:Stafford = Over-rated
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