Bills v Ravens Passer Ratings

[SydneyBillsFan]

Josh ......112.0

 

Lamar....144.4

 

 

Josh is passing against a secondary loaded with first round picks, whilst Lamar is picking on a combination of rookies/sophomores and athletically limited DB's.

 

Lamar also has the benefit of a generational monster RB that allows him to pass in situations where the box is stacked.

 

Josh also passes for 180 more yards and with a similar completion percentage.

 

And yet - somehow Lamar has a substantially better passer rating.

 

I don't get it.

 

 

[julian]

I just like to let my eyes tell me everything I need to know about a performance on the field.

 

 I’m still treating my NFL viewing experience like it’s 1987, before we needed nerds with calculators to tell us who is better than who.

[GoBills808]

passer rating is a dinosaur

[TheWeatherMan]

30 point penalty for having arm arrogance.  

[TheBrownBear]

It's mostly an efficiency metric and seems to heavily weigh yards per attempt, so it makes sense that Lamar was rated higher. It doesn't measure clutchness or the quality of your throws and is no substitute for the eye test.

[Buffalo716]

41 minutes ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

Josh ......112.0

 

Lamar....144.4

 

 

Josh is passing against a secondary loaded with first round picks, whilst Lamar is picking on a combination of rookies/sophomores and athletically limited DB's.

 

Lamar also has the benefit of a generational monster RB that allows him to pass in situations where the box is stacked.

 

Josh also passes for 180 more yards and with a similar completion percentage.

 

And yet - somehow Lamar has a substantially better passer rating.

 

I don't get it.

 

 

It's just an outdated mathematical number 

 

Obviously having a number in the hundreds is better than a number in the 70s or 80s 

 

But it's far from perfect, same with QBR

 

These ratings have flaws

[Ray Stonada]

It can’t factor in the effect Henry has on a defense and how the QB benefits, or the effect having Andy Reid scheming up plays has on your performance…

 

Eye test is enough. If stats were everything, Lamar would have won MVP

[FireChans]

2 hours ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

Josh ......112.0

 

Lamar....144.4

 

 

Josh is passing against a secondary loaded with first round picks, whilst Lamar is picking on a combination of rookies/sophomores and athletically limited DB's.

 

Lamar also has the benefit of a generational monster RB that allows him to pass in situations where the box is stacked.

 

Josh also passes for 180 more yards and with a similar completion percentage.

 

And yet - somehow Lamar has a substantially better passer rating.

 

I don't get it.

 

 

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