BillyC

WhoDat say's a QB should be paid according to where they finish in the QB rating system. That got me to thinking how a QB's salary should be justified. If we go with WhoDat's theory, then here's how the salaries would be paid, with 1 being the highest paid and 16 being the lowest.

2003:
1. Steve McNair TEN 14 400 28.6 250 62.5 3215 229.6 73 24 7 19 108 100.4
2. Peyton Manning IND 16 566 35.4 379 67.0 4267 266.7 79 29 10 18 107 99.0
3. Daunte Culpepper MIN 14 454 32.4 295 65.0 3479 248.5 59 25 11 37 196 96.4
4. Trent Green KC 16 523 32.7 330 63.1 4039 252.4 67 24 12 20 130 92.6
5. Brett Favre GB 16 471 29.4 308 65.4 3361 210.1 66 32 21 19 137 90.4
6. Matt Hasselbeck SEA 16 513 32.1 313 61.0 3841 240.1 80 26 15 42 246 88.8
7. Aaron Brooks NO 16 518 32.4 306 59.1 3546 221.6 76 24 8 34 195 88.8
8. Jon Kitna CIN 16 520 32.5 324 62.3 3591 224.4 82 26 15 37 249 87.4
9. Tom Brady NE 16 527 32.9 317 60.2 3620 226.2 82 23 12 32 219 85.9
10. Chad Pennington NYJ 10 297 29.7 189 63.6 2139 213.9 65 13 12 25 160 82.9
11. Brad Johnson TB 16 570 35.6 354 62.1 3811 238.2 76 26 21 20 111 81.5
12. Marc Bulger STL 15 532 35.5 336 63.2 3845 256.3 48 22 22 37 288 81.4
13. Jake Delhomme CAR 16 449 28.1 266 59.2 3219 201.2 67 19 16 23 168 80.6
14. Jeff Garcia SF 13 392 30.2 225 57.4 2704 208.0 75 18 13 21 104 80.1
15. Donovan McNabb PHI 16 478 29.9 275 57.5 3216 201.0 59 16 11 43 253 79.6
16.Tommy Maddox PIT 16 519 32.4 298 57.4 3414 213.4 53 18 17 41 242 75.3
17. Drew Bledsoe BUF 16 471 29.4 274 58.2 2860 178.8 54 11 12 49 371 73.0


Does this make sense to anyone? If we went with this system Bulger would paid more than McNabb and there's several more examples that don't make any sense.

Also let's look at 2002:


1. Chad Pennington NYJ 15 399 26.6 275 68.9 3120 199.0 47 22 6 22 135 104.2
2. Rich Gannon OAK 16 618 38.6 418 67.6 4689 279.7 75 26 10 36 214 97.3
3. Brad Johnson TB 13 451 34.7 281 62.3 3049 225.2 76 22 6 21 121 92.9
4. Trent Green KC 16 470 29.4 287 61.1 3690 221.8 99 26 13 26 141 92.6
5. Peyton Manning IND 16 591 36.9 392 66.3 4200 253.4 69 27 19 23 145 88.8
6. Matt Hasselbeck SEA 16 419 26.2 267 63.7 3075 183.2 49 15 10 26 143 87.8
7. Drew Bledsoe BUF 16 610 38.1 375 61.5 4359 249.4 73 24 15 54 369 86.0
8. Donovan McNabb PHI 10 361 36.1 211 58.4 2289 212.3 59 17 6 28 166 86.0
9. Tom Brady NE 16 601 37.6 373 62.1 3764 223.4 49 28 14 31 190 85.7
10. Mark Brunell JAC 15 416 27.7 245 58.9 2788 171.9 79 17 7 34 210 85.7
11. Brian Griese DEN 13 436 33.5 291 66.7 3214 229.0 82 15 15 34 237 85.6
12. Brett Favre GB 16 551 34.4 341 61.9 3658 216.9 85 27 16 26 188 85.6
13. Jeff Garcia SF 16 528 33.0 328 62.1 3344 203.2 76 21 10 17 93 85.6
14. Kerry Collins NYG 16 545 34.1 335 61.5 4073 245.1 82 19 14 24 152 85.4
15. Tommy Maddox PIT 15 377 25.1 234 62.1 2836 179.2 72 20 16 26 148 85.2
16. Steve McNair TEN 16 492 30.8 301 61.2 3387 204.1 55 22 15 21 121 84.0
17. Michael Vick ATL 15 421 28.1 231 54.9 2936 182.0 74 16 8 33 206 81.6
18. Aaron Brooks NO 16 528 33.0 283 53.6 3572 208.5 64 27 15 36 236 80.1

Now, as we can clearly see, QB's rankings flucuate wildly. McNair finished first this year and 16th the previous year. How does WhoDat's logic make any sense? Drew Bledsoe finished 17th this year and 7th the previous year.

There is no way that you can use WhoDat's system and I hope I have put that arguement to rest for good.

A QB's performance is more dependant on the rest of the team than any other position in football and rankings will flucuate because of the players around him and as soon as some realize that, the better off they will be.


[Edited on 29/1/2004 by BillyC]