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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 384511" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I'm not worried about the Vikings. I have confidence in their consistency. The one year they won the NFL Championship (the last one) the heavily favored Vikings lost to the Chiefs by 16 points in Super Bowl IV. So they've never won it all and I have confidence they'll find a way to repeat that again and again. </span></span></p><p></p><p>- - - - - -</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I was listening to Mike & Mike this morning and they talked briefly about ESPN's new QBR – another statistical formula designed to rate the play of QBs. One of 'em mentioned it attempts to fix some of the flaws with QB rating, for example by reducing the impact of "padding stats" once the game is decided. They also mentioned it looks like a better indicator of success than QB rating for week one. That's obviously an extremely small sample and I haven't spent two minutes looking at the composition of QBR or how it differs from QB rating. BTW, I know the reputation of ESPN here and among fans generally and I mostly share that opinion. But that won't cause me to dismiss QBR out of hand because of its source. Phrases like "a stopped clock is right twice a day" come to mind. And you know, once out of 100 times when you hear, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" it's actually true. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Here are the top 8 QBRs from week 1:</span></span></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">91.2 Ryan Fitzpatrick</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">91.1 Aaron Rodgers</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">88.6 Tom Brady</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">87.4 Mathew Stafford</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">79.6 Joe Flacco</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">75.7 Cam Newton</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">75.0 Rex Grossman</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">71.6 Drew Brees</span></span></li> </ol><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6943920/nfl-week-1-total-qbr-leaders" target="_blank">Here</a>’s the list of 33 QBs from week one who qualified to be rated. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 384511, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I'm not worried about the Vikings. I have confidence in their consistency. The one year they won the NFL Championship (the last one) the heavily favored Vikings lost to the Chiefs by 16 points in Super Bowl IV. So they've never won it all and I have confidence they'll find a way to repeat that again and again. [/COLOR][/FONT] - - - - - - [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I was listening to Mike & Mike this morning and they talked briefly about ESPN's new QBR – another statistical formula designed to rate the play of QBs. One of 'em mentioned it attempts to fix some of the flaws with QB rating, for example by reducing the impact of "padding stats" once the game is decided. They also mentioned it looks like a better indicator of success than QB rating for week one. That's obviously an extremely small sample and I haven't spent two minutes looking at the composition of QBR or how it differs from QB rating. BTW, I know the reputation of ESPN here and among fans generally and I mostly share that opinion. But that won't cause me to dismiss QBR out of hand because of its source. Phrases like "a stopped clock is right twice a day" come to mind. And you know, once out of 100 times when you hear, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" it's actually true. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Here are the top 8 QBRs from week 1:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST=1] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]91.2 Ryan Fitzpatrick[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]91.1 Aaron Rodgers[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]88.6 Tom Brady[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]87.4 Mathew Stafford[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]79.6 Joe Flacco[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]75.7 Cam Newton[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]75.0 Rex Grossman[/COLOR][/FONT] [*][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]71.6 Drew Brees[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6943920/nfl-week-1-total-qbr-leaders']Here[/URL]’s the list of 33 QBs from week one who qualified to be rated. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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