Derek Carr was a top 10 QB in 2023
LOL yeah let's make an assesment based on the games where the OL play was absolutely ABYSMAL and got DC knocked out of the game TWICE and was hurt. Let's also take into consideration the poor receiver play and the many drops.Also lets not consider the last 6 games where he had the highest QBR in the league. It's a league of what have you done lately and the lately DC was pretty darn good when he was healthy and the ol was not so putrid. And before you say look at who we played The Chiefs with the best QB in the game were 17th in strength of sched. but no one is saying look who they played. Or you can bring out Rouxble's DVOA fancy slide rule metric that sounds like what they do when they want to show the economy is on the upswing when everyone is jobless and broke. Sorry last part of the season DC was one of the top QBs in the league
A few things..
-O-line play has been horrible the past 4 seasons. If you weren't saying anything about it now, gotta keep that same energy (not you directly but you get what I'm saying). They have gotten Drew, Taysom, and Jameis hurt as well
-Derek Carr has the 25th lowest drop rate among those that qualify (3.8%)
-If anything, the Chiefs this season showed that those that we believe are the best don't always elevate those around them. Plus their defense is legit. Plus, I think DVOA had Mahomes #10-12 but Rouxble can confirm.
Brother Jahsoul is the king of the cherry pickers
Please explain to the people how showing stats for 14 straight weeks of football is cherry picking. Would LOOOVE to hear this explanation.
DVOA sounds like the economic report that says everything is fine and you're standing in the soup line
-DVOA breaks down play by play and compares it to a league wide baseline. It looks at opponent strength, situational things, etc
-EPA looks at each play and how those plays actually help a team score (separates production vs the appearance of production)
Example.
Carr was #22 in EPA/Play and Adj EPA/Play weeks 1-14. He finished the season the season 17th. The last 4 games of the season were his best in terms of stats, metrics, and results across the board. It doesn't override his marginal play the first 13 games of the season, so it is impossible to create the narrative that he is a top 10 like using raw stats does. Film usually back up most metrics and it usually shows who weren't really watching games like that.