How relevant/predictive is the # of INTs a QB throws in training camp?

[Don Otreply]

TC stats are 99% part of the hype machine that the NFL employs to keep fans actively following their favorite team? They are fun but not much of an indicator, jmo.

[Buffalo716]

6 hours ago, eball said:

I’ve been perusing various articles as TC has gotten started, and one of the things that sticks out is media coverage of how many picks a QB has thrown in practice.  I remember Mahomes’ first “real” season as the starter when it was reported that he threw 5 picks in one practice (or something like that), and we all know what happened next.

 

Well, I just read that Drake Maye hasn’t thrown a pick in 7 practices.  Saw the same for some other QB (might have been Mahomes -- edit: it was Tua).  How much stock do you put into that?  My feeling has always been that practice is the time to try everything and force throws you wouldn’t necessarily make during the season.  Josh has thrown a number of picks this camp, but it doesn’t worry me at all.

 

It strikes me as being similar to the way media reports completion percentages in camp…i.e., not worth much of anything.

 

Agree?  Disagree?

 

As someone who's been around the game his whole life the thought of throwing pics and camp equals disaster is crazy 

 

You have it right on the head 

 

This is the time to force the offense to its limits.. force your arm to its limits.. see what throws you can and cannot make with your current roster 

 

If you're not throwing interceptions and training camp you're not pushing the boundaries of what your offense can and cannot do 

 

Now you need to have good plays coupled with that lol like if he threw 8 interceptions and  with only a couple of good throws that's not a great sign.. but interceptions in itself is not

 

But having a healthy amount of interceptions in a training camp setting is just learning what you can and cannot throw in a true game setting

Edited Friday at 08:48 PM by Buffalo716

[T.E.]

6 hours ago, transient said:

A young player not throwing picks in camp makes me think they're tentative... Tyrod didn't throw picks either. 😬

This franchise has ruined at least two QBs in my lifetime by making them worry too much about picks, and those were in regular season games. They're gonna happen whether you like it or not.

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

19 minutes ago, T.E. said:

This franchise has ruined at least two QBs in my lifetime by making them worry too much about picks, and those were in regular season games. They're gonna happen whether you like it or not.

Who did they ruin? Serious question. Losman and EJ perhaps? 

[Buffalo ill]

I think training camp is a good place for a qb to figure out what they can get away with in terms of risky throws.  

[C.Biscuit97]

 

[T.E.]

2 hours ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

Who did they ruin? Serious question. Losman and EJ perhaps? 

I was thinking Trent Edwards and Losman.

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, T.E. said:

I was thinking Trent Edwards and Losman.

Trent edwards was nothing more than a flash in the pan lol there is literally a hundred quarterbacks who have had good four game or good six game stretches 

 

Nothing was ruined he was nothing more than a mediocre quarterback who played a couple well games lol we didn't ruin the next tom Brady

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

16 hours ago, T.E. said:

I was thinking Trent Edwards and Losman.

I don't know, neither was able to catch on anywhere else and make anything of their career. 

Edwards was Tyrod Taylor without the mobility. 

Edited 14 hours ago by Bob Chandler's Hands

[Herc11]

23 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

The Miami Sentinel wrote an entire article with Tua not throwing an INT in camp lol

It's a pay site and I'm not a part of it but I guarantee they are hyping him throwing TD's too.

 

Gotta spin it!

 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/07/30/dolphins-tua-hasnt-thrown-an-int-in-camp-but-he-judges-practice-off-o

Ya, I saw that report. Every year we hear how good he looks in camp. 🙄

[longtimebillsfan]

On 8/1/2025 at 6:52 AM, eball said:

I’ve been perusing various articles as TC has gotten started, and one of the things that sticks out is media coverage of how many picks a QB has thrown in practice.  I remember Mahomes’ first “real” season as the starter when it was reported that he threw 5 picks in one practice (or something like that), and we all know what happened next.

 

Well, I just read that Drake Maye hasn’t thrown a pick in 7 practices.  Saw the same for some other QB (might have been Mahomes -- edit: it was Tua).  How much stock do you put into that?  My feeling has always been that practice is the time to try everything and force throws you wouldn’t necessarily make during the season.  Josh has thrown a number of picks this camp, but it doesn’t worry me at all.

 

It strikes me as being similar to the way media reports completion percentages in camp…i.e., not worth much of anything.

 

Agree?  Disagree?

 

Strongly agree.  Camp is a time to experiment and try new things.  These statistics do not usually translate to the regular season imho.

[Kaenon]

I remember a guy by the name of Patrick Mahomes who couldn't stop throwing INTs his first and or second camp.

Then he won a couple MVPs and a few Super Bowls.

Ugh. 😫 

[Big Turk]

Means absolutely nothing.

[Thrivefourfive]

Saying “it depends on the QB, the offensive” is saying it don’t matter at all. But hell, it could supply the defensive players with a boost if they’re picking off a solid QB