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moklerman
What is it about 1000 attempts that make's it a part of this equation? That's less than 2 years worth of attempts for most QB's so it's really a pretty arbitrary number.
As far as who reached a 5/2.5 earlier in their careers, it's unfair to hold QB's before 2015 to that standard. If the rules in place now were in place back in the '80's, Joe Montana would have regularly been doing it for example. So, when you say that only 5 QB's have ever accomplished these numbers it's very misleading. Which is why I showed that 30 different times in the last 3 years this ratio has been accomplished.
In today's flag football era, it isn't uncommon to have what used to be ridiculous efficiency numbers.
To what standard? Depends on what you're saying, or asking. The writer of the tweet doesn't say. He does not say for example that this is THE standard for judging overall qb value. He just tosses it out there as a thing to consider. In terms of the modern Airball era, sure, that's a factor, but also notice the veteran qbs on the list (Brady, Brees, Rodgers) are all active now and so also benefit from that current Airball environment too.
Maybe 30 have done it but no qbs other than the ones listed AVERAGE 5%/2.5%. The fact that several had a season or 2 like that isn't the issue---the issue is
career average. So of the dozens of qbs in the Airball era who had a chance to get a career avg. like that, only 5 did. Only 5 accomplished THAT (career average) which is the stated criteria.
I would worry more about the validity of the list if the writer had directly made a claim for what it means. Like, this is the criteria for the best qbs of all time. But he doesn't do that. All I get out of that list is that Goff reached that particular (interesting but not definitive) standard in 3 years with a bad season factored in.
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