FO confirms what we posited last week. There are a lot of awful QBs out there. BTW: Manning was fifth best on Sunday, despite a ‘bad’ day.
Through the first eight weeks of the 2009 NFL season, 5.8 percent of quarterback starts and substitute appearances of ten attempts or more have resulted in quarterback ratings of 30.0 or below. That’s notably higher than in any of the five previous seasons, which have produced such “disaster games” 3.7 percent of the time. It also bears a pretty strong relationship to losing: From 2004 through 2008, when quarterbacks have posted a QB rating under 30, they’ve gone 14-83 (.144 winning percentage). This year, such quarterbacks are 1-13, with the only victory coming when Derek Anderson’s Browns eked out a 6-3 win over the Bills in Week 5.
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