redman
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No, I don't own him in any leagues but I was trying to work out what Andrew Walter was worth going into this season and in doing so was pondering Brooks.
He certainly has his shortcomings as a QB - relatively low completion % for this era and he's been prone to mistakes at critical times in ball games, but I'm having trouble understanding how there isn't a spot anywhere for a guy with these numbers:
I also got to thinking along these lines and remembered that I'd always wondered about that very thing regarding Jeff Blake, and I then looked up his career numbers and was struck by their similarity to Brooks:
I've followed neither guy all that closely, so I'm just sort of thinking out loud here but why is it that they've not been able to start for even the worst teams in the league even after having posted such good numbers early on in their careers? The QB position in particular has a very long shelf-life and learning curve. 
He certainly has his shortcomings as a QB - relatively low completion % for this era and he's been prone to mistakes at critical times in ball games, but I'm having trouble understanding how there isn't a spot anywhere for a guy with these numbers:
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+---------------------------------------+-----------------+ | Passing | Rushing |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| Year TM | G | Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT | Att Yards TD |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| 2000 nor | 8 | 113 194 58.2 1514 7.8 9 6 | 41 170 2 || 2001 nor | 16 | 312 558 55.9 3832 6.9 26 22 | 80 358 1 || 2002 nor | 16 | 283 528 53.6 3572 6.8 27 15 | 61 256 2 || 2003 nor | 16 | 306 518 59.1 3546 6.8 24 8 | 54 175 2 || 2004 nor | 16 | 309 542 57.0 3810 7.0 21 16 | 58 173 4 || 2005 nor | 13 | 240 431 55.7 2882 6.7 13 17 | 45 281 2 || 2006 oak | 8 | 110 192 57.3 1105 5.8 3 8 | 22 124 0 |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| TOTAL | 93 | 1673 2963 56.5 20261 6.8 123 92 | 361 1537 13 |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
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+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| Year TM | G | Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT | Att Yards TD |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| 1992 nyj | 3 | 4 9 44.4 40 4.4 0 1 | 2 -2 0 || 1994 cin | 10 | 156 306 51.0 2154 7.0 14 9 | 37 204 1 || 1995 cin | 16 | 326 567 57.5 3822 6.7 28 17 | 53 309 2 || 1996 cin | 16 | 308 549 56.1 3624 6.6 24 14 | 72 317 2 || 1997 cin | 11 | 184 317 58.0 2125 6.7 8 7 | 45 234 3 || 1998 cin | 9 | 51 93 54.8 739 7.9 3 3 | 15 103 0 || 1999 cin | 14 | 215 389 55.3 2670 6.9 16 12 | 63 332 2 || 2000 nor | 11 | 184 302 60.9 2025 6.7 13 9 | 57 243 1 || 2001 nor | 1 | 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 | 1 -1 0 || 2002 bal | 10 | 165 295 55.9 2084 7.1 13 11 | 39 106 1 || 2003 ari | 13 | 208 367 56.7 2247 6.1 13 15 | 30 177 2 || 2004 phi | 3 | 18 37 48.6 126 3.4 1 1 | 3 6 0 || 2005 chi | 3 | 8 9 88.9 55 6.1 1 0 | 1 -1 0 |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+| TOTAL | 120 | 1827 3241 56.4 21711 6.7 134 99 | 418 2027 14 |+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
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