Ryan better than Brees? WTF?

SaintsBro · 12-27-2010, 11:50 AM

The article's premise is basically, "Drew has better numbers in almost every category than Ryan, but he throws more interceptions and makes more mistakes per game. So let's arbitrarily use that as a reason to change Drew's numbers around, subtracting stuff from Drew's totals, in order to make Ryan's numbers magically appear better than Drew's, after we subtract a bunch of yardage from Drew."

In some categories and percentages, the two QB's are close this year. In other categories, they are not even remotely similar numbers. Long 30+ yard touchdown passes being one of them, and I'll take that number over Ryan's high percentages on 5 yard dink and dunks, which are absolutely the same as Drew's. Who is "better," who would you rather have on your team -- the guy who can throw 5 yard dink and dunks consistently all day long, or the guy who can do that same thing, AND throw a bomb or a quick strike for a lightning TD every now and then?

12-27-2010, 11:50 AM	#21
SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	The article's premise is basically, "Drew has better numbers in almost every category than Ryan, but he throws more interceptions and makes more mistakes per game. So let's arbitrarily use that as a reason to change Drew's numbers around, subtracting stuff from Drew's totals, in order to make Ryan's numbers magically appear better than Drew's, after we subtract a bunch of yardage from Drew." In some categories and percentages, the two QB's are close this year. In other categories, they are not even remotely similar numbers. Long 30+ yard touchdown passes being one of them, and I'll take that number over Ryan's high percentages on 5 yard dink and dunks, which are absolutely the same as Drew's. Who is "better," who would you rather have on your team -- the guy who can throw 5 yard dink and dunks consistently all day long, or the guy who can do that same thing, AND throw a bomb or a quick strike for a lightning TD every now and then?