Ryan Clark Calls Sean Payton a Thug

Well I did throw out the game he got injured in, but for argument's sake let's also throw out the game he came in for an injured Brees. That takes his per-game average to:

15/25 comp/attempt at 60%. 2.2 TDs against .5 INts. 186 yards per game. So the average is actually worse. Does that help your argument?
I was only arguing stats, not conclusions

A QB being efficient is important.

It may not mean he could win a shootout where he had to throw 400 yards and put up 35+ points without making too many mistakes like Brees could. But the team had changed identity by that point anyway. Other than Thomas and Kamara, we did not have some super high octane offense. Brees would rarely throw for 300+. And we won plenty of games with him throwing < 200. One time he threw a whopping 63 yards and we still won