Brees 70%+ loss rate when he has more than 40 attempted throws

realitybias said

Correlation without causation, look it up.

It may be (and likely is) BECAUSE he is losing those games that he has to throw 10-15 times at the end of the game to try and catch up.

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Exactly.

But one game where correlation = causation is the NFC Championship game against the Bears. We had no business throwing that much, especially in that type of weather. The score was close until the 4th quarter, but Payton was so stubborn not to run the ball in that game. Ah I better stop thinking of that game. 09 could have been our second SB against the Colts, had we only ran the damn ball!