This is my first post so please take it easy huh?!?!?
A lot of you may have already taken a look at these numbers but I think they are very telling. I grabbed a handful of stats from QBs that won many games, as well as championships, in their career and compared them to Trent. Basically I wanted to see if Trent could add up to some of the best in their first years. The numbers speak for themselves.
Now, I know you could argue a great deal of issues: teams, coaches, surrounding receivers, years of play, as well as a host of others, but simply taking a look at the numbers you can see that not every good quaterback comes off the block running on all cylinders. Are Trent's numbers any better? Nope. Are they much worse. Nope. Do they kinda fall in line with the others even though some of these QBs had better staffs and more seasoned players? Sure.
The bottomline is this. Lets give Trent a chance. He is a smart kid, who got banged up in his first full year, under a losing coach, along with a first year offensive system.
And lest we forget...he comes recommended by one of the game's greatest: Bill Walsh.
Year Age Team Position Games Games Record Comp Att Comp% Yrds TD INT
Played Started
T. Aikman 1989 23 DAL QB 11 11 0-11-0 155 293 52.9 1749 9 18
1990 24 DAL QB 15 15 7-8-0 226 399 56.6 2579 11 18
T. Bradshaw 1970 22 PIT QB 13 8 3-5-0 83 218 38.1 1410 6 24
1971 23 PIT QB 14 13 5-8-0 203 373 54.4 2259 13 22
D. Brees 2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 8-8-0 320 526 60.8 3284 17 16
2003 24 SDG QB 11 11 2-9-0 205 356 57.6 2108 11 15
S. Young 1985 24 TAM QB 5 5 1-4-0 72 138 52.2 935 3 8
1986 25 TAM QB 14 14 2-12-0 195 363 53.7 2282 8 13
W. Moon 1984 28 HOU QB 16 16 3-13-0 259 450 57.6 3338 12 14
1985 29 HOU QB 14 14 4-10-0 200 377 53.1 2709 15 19
J. Elway 1983 23 DEN QB 11 10 4-6-0 123 259 47.5 1663 7 14
1984 24 DEN QB 15 14 12-2-0 214 380 56.3 2598 18 15
T. Edwards 2007 24 BUF QB 10 9 5-4-0 151 269 56.1 1630 7
2008 25 BUF QB 12 214 324 66.0 2378 10 10
Thoughts on the numbers?
This is my first post so please take it easy huh?!?!? A lot of you may have already taken a look at these numbers but I think they are very telling. I grabbed a handful of stats from QBs that won many games, as well as championships, in their career and compared them to Trent. Basically I wanted to see if Trent could add up to some of the best in their first years. The numbers speak for themselves. Now, I know you could argue a great deal of issues: teams, coaches, surrounding receivers, years of play, as well as a host of others, but simply taking a look at the numbers you can see that not every good quaterback comes off the block running on all cylinders. Are Trent's numbers any better? Nope. Are they much worse. Nope. Do they kinda fall in line with the others even though some of these QBs had better staffs and more seasoned players? Sure. The bottomline is this. Lets give Trent a chance. He is a smart kid, who got banged up in his first full year, under a losing coach, along with a first year offensive system. And lest we forget...he comes recommended by one of the game's greatest: Bill Walsh. Year Age Team Position Games Games Record Comp Att Comp% Yrds TD INT Played Started T. Aikman 1989 23 DAL QB 11 11 0-11-0 155 293 52.9 1749 9 18 1990 24 DAL QB 15 15 7-8-0 226 399 56.6 2579 11 18 T. Bradshaw 1970 22 PIT QB 13 8 3-5-0 83 218 38.1 1410 6 24 1971 23 PIT QB 14 13 5-8-0 203 373 54.4 2259 13 22 D. Brees 2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 8-8-0 320 526 60.8 3284 17 16 2003 24 SDG QB 11 11 2-9-0 205 356 57.6 2108 11 15 S. Young 1985 24 TAM QB 5 5 1-4-0 72 138 52.2 935 3 8 1986 25 TAM QB 14 14 2-12-0 195 363 53.7 2282 8 13 W. Moon 1984 28 HOU QB 16 16 3-13-0 259 450 57.6 3338 12 14 1985 29 HOU QB 14 14 4-10-0 200 377 53.1 2709 15 19 J. Elway 1983 23 DEN QB 11 10 4-6-0 123 259 47.5 1663 7 14 1984 24 DEN QB 15 14 12-2-0 214 380 56.3 2598 18 15 T. Edwards 2007 24 BUF QB 10 9 5-4-0 151 269 56.1 1630 7 2008 25 BUF QB 12 214 324 66.0 2378 10 10 Thoughts on the numbers?