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Rams_81
Ranking them how?
Based on results or how could they would be if all things equal
Goff has a huge advantage because of the coaching and system so he has to be high based on running a successful offense. Take away McVay and put Fisher in and he drops to the bottom of that list.
My list is based on results:
1) Mahomes (wow. Dan Marino with agility and elusiveness.)
2) Goff (Seems to have the complete package and just appeared to be a bust his rookie season with the bad coaching and no play makers.)
3) Wilson (average QB for the first 3 Quarters, and an all-time great in the 4th quarter.)
4) Wentz (Who knows what the injury did? He may bounce back next year with a year of healing.)
5) Watson (I have that image of him running out the last 15 seconds when all he needed to do was get a few yards of game tying field goal. One of the dumbest plays I have seen in the NFL. Great talent though, but that game will come back to haunt them for post season.)
6) Luck (this guy has been Bradforded. Bad teams and beaten up, but he is somewhat to blame making the decision on signing that huge contract a few years back. He got what he wanted the money, but nothing less to pay people to protect him and players to make plays. Plus, his coaching has been bad.)
Luck signed the exact same kind of starting qb 2nd contract every starting qb up for a 2nd contract signs. QBs don't give discounts to the home team until well into their 3rd and actually usually 4th contract. Following the exact same parameters, Goff's deal will be considerably more than Luck's. In fact in terms of 2nd contracts, his ranks 4th behind Cousins, Garrapolo, and Carr. That's just the market. Right now at 24.5 M he's a bargain in comparison to those 3.
He has 26 TDs, which is 2nd in the league. How does that get ignored in a ranking presumably dedicated to performance?
This is why IMO people should not count contracts in appraising players. Luck's deal is just no different from any other starting qb's 2nd contract. When Goff comes up he will be getting nearly 10 M more.
I also don't hold the GM's performance against him either. Presumably, the argument is that if you pay your qb less, you can afford FAs. But--good GMs can work around a large qb contract. And if they can't that's not on the qb. Look at the Saints. Brees costs more than Luck. How much did it hurt them to pay their qb a going market rate?
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2018 04:19AM by zn.