If You Want A QB That Can Stretch The Field You Draft...

[djb4500]

Not only is it good, it is far more telling of a QBs success compared to YPC. Wouldn't want a QB to go 1/10 for 20 yards.

No, it isn't. All you have to do is also look at the completion percentage for that. Trying to use one stat line to define a QB is asinine. YPC is a decent stat because it essentially puts all QBs on an even plane to judge that yardage number more clearly. It shows someone like Wilson attempts more longer passes, thus a higher YPC but lower completion percentage.

[lilfaith24]

this is a meaningless stat, so why bother posting this? This doesnt show that the QB can or cant stretch the field, it shows what kind of offense he played in and thats all

[ThereIsNoDog]

Uh... no, no they aren't. Nassib, for instance, in 2012, threw for 8 YPA, not 6.5 like the OP suggests.

Nevermind. I was responding to jayryp80 thinking he was questioning the real numbers, not realizing he posted them and was talking about the OP.

[jayryp80]

They're correct for the 2012 season, not college career.

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The numbers I posted were correct. The OP's are not even close.

[ThereIsNoDog]

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The numbers I posted were correct. The OP's are not even close.

Read my post above yours.

[brianmoorman4jesus]

Barkley in the 1st Manuel in the 3rd

[DKTurtle]

Would you say that Rivers has the strongest arm in the NFL? Cause he lead that stat for a few years straight.

Strong arm or not, there is no question Rivers pushes the ball down the field. The two are not always related.

[TheThingThatShouldNotBe]

No, it isn't. All you have to do is also look at the completion percentage for that. Trying to use one stat line to define a QB is asinine. YPC is a decent stat because it essentially puts all QBs on an even plane to judge that yardage number more clearly. It shows someone like Wilson attempts more longer passes, thus a higher YPC but lower completion percentage.

Yes, it is. Like you yourself even pointed out, YPC is meaningless with out knowing the completion percentage. However, I agree using one stat line is asinine. But between YPC and YPA, give me YPA. Why is it good to put all QBs on a level plane? For example, I'm sure it would make Fitz look a lot better because it would essentially throw out his 1-25 completion rate on throws over 20 yards this past season. But leveling the plane for Fitz just helps to cover up his flaws

[Patrick Bateman]

I would rather take Barkley, and then take Woods....

Man, what a show the Bills could put on!

[Thurman#1]

No, it isn't. All you have to do is also look at the completion percentage for that. Trying to use one stat line to define a QB is asinine. YPC is a decent stat because it essentially puts all QBs on an even plane to judge that yardage number more clearly. It shows someone like Wilson attempts more longer passes, thus a higher YPC but lower completion percentage.

No, YPA is the barometer generally used to look at QB efficiency, as it rewards both accuracy and longer throws. As pointed out above, if a QB completed, say 5 of 20 passes for 100 yards on the day, YPC would make that seem like an excellent day. Wow, his YPC was 20 yards per completion, far far above average. League-leading QB right there!! Actually of course that's a crappy day, and YPA makes that obvious. His YPA would be 5.0 very far below average.

[jcmccall]

Strong arm or not, there is no question Rivers pushes the ball down the field. The two are not always related.

He's not going anywhere but Rivers behind this oline, I think he puts up those 4,000 plus yards, not the Fitzpatrick statistics he posted last year.