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Finheaven QB
Obviously there is a lot of talking surrounding the QBs and a lot of threads. I thought I'd throw another one out there.
In a current thread, the amount of INTs off the recievers hands are being discussed. (About Joey). I say there is 4 off the recievers hands that could have/should have been caught. Some will argue that the passes weren't perfect and 2 of them were not. But catching imperfect passes is what the recievers get paid for. They don't get paid to make the easy ones. WE could all do that. (Most of us). The tough catches are why they make the big bucks. And honestly, NONE of the 4 ricochet INTs were that tough to catch.
SO anyway, we obviously have QB issues, regardless of who starts. But in defense of Joey Harrington, whom I really prefer at this point, he are a few other stats that aren't being weighed heavily enough in the arguments:
In 61 games, Harrington has fumbled the ball 22 times and lost only 8. That is averaging way less than 1/2 a fumble per game. Harrington has been sacked 82 times in those 62 games. That is only 1.32 times per game.
In 84 games, Culpepper has fumbled the ball a WHOPPING 84 times and lost 36 of them. Exactly one fumble per game average and losing close to half of them. In those same 84 games, Culpepper has been sacked 249 times. That's an amazing amount of sacks considering the line he played behind in Minnesota. He is averaging almost 3 sacks per game for his career. There was a lot of blame going toward our O-line for that this year. Obviously, the line is not good. But is it a coincedence that Culpepper was averaging close to the same sacks per game with us as he was with Minny? (More with us, but alot of the sacks were for the same reason -holding the ball too long.) And is it a coincedence that the sack totals went down ENORMOUSLY when Harrington came in? I think not.
There is more than one way to turn the ball over. And more than one way to hurt your team.
In a current thread, the amount of INTs off the recievers hands are being discussed. (About Joey). I say there is 4 off the recievers hands that could have/should have been caught. Some will argue that the passes weren't perfect and 2 of them were not. But catching imperfect passes is what the recievers get paid for. They don't get paid to make the easy ones. WE could all do that. (Most of us). The tough catches are why they make the big bucks. And honestly, NONE of the 4 ricochet INTs were that tough to catch.
SO anyway, we obviously have QB issues, regardless of who starts. But in defense of Joey Harrington, whom I really prefer at this point, he are a few other stats that aren't being weighed heavily enough in the arguments:
In 61 games, Harrington has fumbled the ball 22 times and lost only 8. That is averaging way less than 1/2 a fumble per game. Harrington has been sacked 82 times in those 62 games. That is only 1.32 times per game.
In 84 games, Culpepper has fumbled the ball a WHOPPING 84 times and lost 36 of them. Exactly one fumble per game average and losing close to half of them. In those same 84 games, Culpepper has been sacked 249 times. That's an amazing amount of sacks considering the line he played behind in Minnesota. He is averaging almost 3 sacks per game for his career. There was a lot of blame going toward our O-line for that this year. Obviously, the line is not good. But is it a coincedence that Culpepper was averaging close to the same sacks per game with us as he was with Minny? (More with us, but alot of the sacks were for the same reason -holding the ball too long.) And is it a coincedence that the sack totals went down ENORMOUSLY when Harrington came in? I think not.
There is more than one way to turn the ball over. And more than one way to hurt your team.
