WhoDat

There hasn't been a good stir the pot thread all week. Since the Horn debate died down, there hasn't been much to excite people.... or at least, there hasn't been much to excite me. Thus, I thought I'd visit one of my favorite old debates - the Brooks debate.

It has been said in the past that AB is the present day Jeff George. It's funny to say that considering George is still on Chicago's active roster... I think. Those who believe that cite some of the following similarities:

- Both have/had cannon arms and can throw rocket shots.
- Both are generally considered pretty dumb.
- Both have a ton of potential that hasn't ever seemed to materialize.

Many of the Brooks Lovers on this board have been offended by that. I alwas thought it was a pretty good comparison. So, naturally, I looked into it. Well, comparing the two might be an insult... to Jeff George! :o

Here are some interesting numbers:

Jeff George's hay-day came as a Falcon and Raider, from 1994-1997. He was hurt in 1996, so I took his three best years and compared those to AB's three best (his last three).


G Comp. Percentage: 59.17% (high of 61.5, low of 55.7)
B Comp. Percentage: 56.67% (high of 59.1, low of 53.6)
Advantage: George

G Yards: 3,931 (high of 4,143, low of 3,734)
B Yards: 3,642 (high of 3,810, low of 3,546)
Advantage: George

G YPA: 7.36 (high of 7.52, low of 7.13)
B YPA: 6.88 (high of 7.03, low of 6.77)
Advantage: George

G Long: 74 (high of 85, low of 62)
B Long: 66 (high of 76, low of 57)
Advantage: George

G TDs: 25 (high of 29, low of 23)
B TDs: 24 (high of 27, low of 21)
Advantage: George

G INTs: 12.67 (high of 18, low of 9)
B INTS: 13 (high of 16, low of 8)
Advantage: Push

G 20+ Yard Comp: 53 (high of 59, low of 42)
B 20+ Yard Comp: 47 (high of 57, low of 36)
Advantage: George

G 40+ Yard Comp: 9 (high of 11, low of 7)
B 40+ Yard Comp: 8 (high of 12, low of 5)
Advantage: George

G QB Rating: 87.93 (high of 91, low of 83.3)
B QB Rating: 82.80 (high of 88.8, low of 79.5)
Advantage: George
** Notice that AB's AVERAGE QB rating is LOWER than George's WORST QB rating

G Fumbles: 8, 3 lost (high of 12, 4L, low of 6, 2L)
B Fumbles: 12, 6 lost (high of 14, 11L, low of 11, 2L -- separate years)
Advantage: George


Wow. I had no clue going into this that the numbers would come out so overwhelmingly in George's favor.

Now, you might argue that same old popular line that stats mean nothing. Of course, consider the other circumstances. George racked up these numbers 8 years before AB. The game is more pass happy NOW. There rules favor WR more NOW. QBs are better protected from mean-a$$ hits NOW. Think George had more talent than Brooks has had on offense?

So it looks like, really, Brooks is no Jeff George. LOL.

I can't wait for the Billy/SF reply. :)