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I don’t see Matt Ryans stats as indicative of a number one over all. I know that stats aren’t the be all end all for rating a player. They do tell you a lot more about a QB then some other positions. I’m just going to look at his last season.
First the line: cmp: 388 att: 654 pct: 59.3 yrds: 4507 avg: 6.9 td: 31 int: 19 Sacks: 21 rat: 127
The good: 31 TDs and 4507 yards.
The bad: 6.9 avg d 19 INTs
HE threw a lot of picks. He threw multiple picks against every good team he faced. He has explained this by saying his coach told him to be more aggressive, but as was pointed out in a previous post, his yards per attempt average don’t match this. They are pretty average and show a lot of dump offs. In fact his leading receiver was his running back who had 22 catches more than the next closest receiver.
For comparison here are the last few QBS that went 1 overall last year of college TD and INT stats:
Jamarcuss Russel 28 TDs 8 INTs
Ales Smith 32 TDs 4 INTs
Eli manning 31 TDs 10 INTs
Carson Palmer 33 TDs 10 INTs
David Carr 46 TDs 9 INTs
That’s a pretty wide range of college teams, with varying levels of competition, talent on their team, systems ran etc...
Further more, when I watch him play I don’t see him dominate. Don’t get me wrong he is a good QB, but I don’t see him as hugely better than the top 3 or 4 QBs in this draft, and this is a weak QB draft. Why miss out on what IMO will be a team changing player like Chris Long, for a slightly better than average QB?
First the line: cmp: 388 att: 654 pct: 59.3 yrds: 4507 avg: 6.9 td: 31 int: 19 Sacks: 21 rat: 127
The good: 31 TDs and 4507 yards.
The bad: 6.9 avg d 19 INTs
HE threw a lot of picks. He threw multiple picks against every good team he faced. He has explained this by saying his coach told him to be more aggressive, but as was pointed out in a previous post, his yards per attempt average don’t match this. They are pretty average and show a lot of dump offs. In fact his leading receiver was his running back who had 22 catches more than the next closest receiver.
For comparison here are the last few QBS that went 1 overall last year of college TD and INT stats:
Jamarcuss Russel 28 TDs 8 INTs
Ales Smith 32 TDs 4 INTs
Eli manning 31 TDs 10 INTs
Carson Palmer 33 TDs 10 INTs
David Carr 46 TDs 9 INTs
That’s a pretty wide range of college teams, with varying levels of competition, talent on their team, systems ran etc...
Further more, when I watch him play I don’t see him dominate. Don’t get me wrong he is a good QB, but I don’t see him as hugely better than the top 3 or 4 QBs in this draft, and this is a weak QB draft. Why miss out on what IMO will be a team changing player like Chris Long, for a slightly better than average QB?