Chase Stuart
Footballguy
For quarterbacks, I like to look at Fantasy points per adjusted game rather than fantasy points per game, as I think it's always better to get more granular if you can. A quarterback who missed half of multiple games shouldn't be viewed as someone who took every snap of that game. To come up with the number of adjusted games a quarterback plays, I look at each game and give the quarterback credit for X percentage of that game, with X being the QB's pass attempts plus rush attempts divided by all pass attempts/rush at[cotempts by all QBs on that team in the game.
Vick last year played in 10.9 games. He played in 9 complete games. In his MNF massacre against the Redskins, Kevin Kolb came in to take a knee, so Vick gets credit for 97% of that game. Against Green Bay, Kolb started the game, but Vick got credit for playing 76% of it. And against Washington, Vick started the game but only got credit for 21% of the game. Add it in, and Vick played in 10.9 adjusted games last year.
Using a scoring system of 5 point per passing/rushing TD, 1 point per 20 yards passing, -2 per INT, 1 point for every 10 yards rushing and 6 points for every rushing TD, Vick scored 365.5 fantasy points. So, when Vick was actually playing football, he was averaging 33.4 FP per adjusted game. That's the most in NFL history:
Vick last year played in 10.9 games. He played in 9 complete games. In his MNF massacre against the Redskins, Kevin Kolb came in to take a knee, so Vick gets credit for 97% of that game. Against Green Bay, Kolb started the game, but Vick got credit for playing 76% of it. And against Washington, Vick started the game but only got credit for 21% of the game. Add it in, and Vick played in 10.9 adjusted games last year.
Using a scoring system of 5 point per passing/rushing TD, 1 point per 20 yards passing, -2 per INT, 1 point for every 10 yards rushing and 6 points for every rushing TD, Vick scored 365.5 fantasy points. So, when Vick was actually playing football, he was averaging 33.4 FP per adjusted game. That's the most in NFL history:
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Year AdjG FP FP/AdjG QB2010 10.9 365.5 33.4 Michael Vick2007 15.5 496.1 31.9 Tom Brady2004 14.8 456.7 30.9 Peyton Manning1998 14.7 445.9 30.3 Steve Young1994 14.3 424.8 29.8 Steve Young1984 15.7 459.5 29.2 Dan Marino1961 10.4 303.7 29.1 George Blanda1989 11.4 330.8 28.9 Joe Montana2004 16.0 461.5 28.9 Daunte Culpepper1990 14.2 407.0 28.6 Warren Moon1987 10.7 301.8 28.2 Joe Montana1998 12.6 354.4 28.0 Randall Cunningham1963 11.9 331.2 27.9 Y.A. Tittle2000 15.2 418.9 27.5 Daunte Culpepper1999 15.0 411.9 27.5 Kurt Warner2006 9.1 249.6 27.4 Donovan McNabb1991 9.5 260.4 27.3 Steve Young1992 13.3 362.0 27.3 Steve Young1995 15.5 420.8 27.2 Brett Favre2002 9.9 269.5 27.1 Donovan McNabb2009 15.5 419.3 27.1 Aaron Rodgers2004 13.8 372.8 27.0 Donovan McNabb1995 10.4 281.0 27.0 Steve Young1990 15.6 421.5 27.0 Randall Cunningham2000 15.4 414.3 26.9 Jeff Garcia2010 14.1 373.7 26.4 Aaron Rodgers1986 15.6 411.0 26.4 Dan Marino1996 9.1 233.5 25.8 Steve Young1993 14.2 366.9 25.8 Steve Young2003 13.3 343.2 25.8 Daunte Culpepper2009 14.9 382.7 25.8 Drew Brees1985 10.8 276.8 25.6 Dan Fouts1995 15.2 387.3 25.4 Scott Mitchell1999 15.7 396.2 25.2 Steve Beuerlein1966 11.5 290.5 25.2 Don Meredith1962 12.4 309.0 25.0 Y.A. Tittle