Are you shocked that the better passing QB is throwing more? Are you shocked Dan Marino led the league in attempts in his GOATed season? Not only throwing more but more accurately and with a far far better Ratio of interceptions especially ratio'd at attempts as you mentioned. An elite QB is always going throw more hence why Mahomes still had more attempts thrown despite 1 less game played than Tua last season. Tua throwing less to try to contextualize his stats doesn't make him look better because he's not a type of to put his team on his back with his passing ability. That's what Burrow, Tua, Mahomes do and more importantly, contextualize those stats against team with a winning record and still holds a better consistency. 433 more passing attempts while still having the same amount of Interceptions as Tua is insane on it own. And 8 TD as well as you pointed out. But no one is shocked that the average passing leader a season throws more than the other QBs trailing behind, like Prime Rodgers, Mahomes, Josh Allen etc... When said a passing leader wins the season in yards don't contextualize those to that attempted less because it's silly. Of course, they threw more and by statistics favoring that, they had more opportunities for TDs. Like degrading Dan Marino's goat passing season in 1984 and comparing them to other QBs and arguing others could have done better if they attempted as many passes as Dan did which led the league in attempts. If he was as good as him passing they would have attempted but this season ignore the noise around both teams between Tua and Burrow and focus on the cast around them and the stats they've produced, it's no question who's been better. It's ridiculous to only focus on efficiency when QB 1 is attempting far less and then adding context to how those stats were acquired against good to mediocre opposition. Nonetheless, Burrow somehow has the same amount of Ints, and significantly more TDs, while also remaining slightly more accurate (which usually by statistical odds tends to go down when you attempt significantly more passes). I get what you're alluding too but Tua isn't that kind of QB where he would ever average what Burrow does and goes to show how much each team values the passing ability of their QBs. And why I believe Burrow is easier better. Not saying Tua isn't serviceable but he's not in the tier of Allen, Burrow, Mahomes. And those three attempting more passes on average is not the reason but an indicator of what QB ability they have.
First of all man paragraphs are your friend Jesus Christ that was tough to read.
2nd of all I've heard people use all kinds of stats to determine how good a QB is like, passer rating or y/a or what have you but never in my life have I ever heard anyone ever say pass attempts=elite QB.
So by your definition, Sam Howell was an elite QB last season because he led the league in pass attempts?
Dan Marino didn't just have impressive bulk stats in 1984 he also led the league in efficiency stats. #1 in TD% with 8.5%, #1 in pass y/a with 9.0, 3rd in completion % with 64.2, lead the league in passer rating with 108.9. The following year in 1985 he had more pass attempts than his 1984 season yet his efficiency took a deep decline. TD% down to 5.3%, y/a down to 7.3, comp % down to 59.3, passer rating down to 84.1. So yeah you're right duplicating the same pass attempts does not mean duplicating the same numbers.
I never said to focus on efficiency numbers solely I said efficiency adds context to the numbers.
All things being equal INT wise according to your logic QB1 below would be the superior QB but I assure you every single coach would rather have the more efficient QB.
QB 1 goes for 400 of 691 attempts, 4555 yds and 25 TDs
QB 2 has goes for 268 of 402 attempts, 3465 yds and 25 TDs
At the end of the day NO, having more pass attempts does not simply mean you are a better QB. It could mean your defense sucks so you have to play catch up, it could mean your run game sucks so you have to be 1 dimensional and throw more, it could mean your coach favors throwing moreso than passing. Since 2022 Jared Goff has the 2nd most pass attempts and Geno Smith has the 4th most and they are not one of the 5 best QBs in the NFL.
