ESPN, please stop pushing Total QBR. It's a joke.

[Cave_Johnson]

QB 1: 14-18 153 yards 1 TD. 21 rush yards 1 TD. 98.5 Total QBR

QB 2: 38-59 466 yards 3 TDs. 70.8 Total QBR

 

[GNG]

QB rating is the best way to determine who is an elite QB.

 

[Rock Strongo]

QB 1: 14-18 153 yards 1 TD. 21 rush yards 1 TD. 98.5 Total QBR

QB 2: 38-59 466 yards 3 TDs. 70.8 Total QBR

Yeah thats a joke. Scott van pelt claims he invented it. Thats your problem right there.

 

[CarlSr]

It's okay, but they push it as if it's 10X better than the standard QB rating. Perhaps if the league was full of running QBs, it would be. Yet despite knuckleheads proclaiming that reality was on the horizon for at least a quarter of a century (supposedly Randall Cunningham was the prototype), the best QBs in the league get it done with their arms far more than with their legs.

 

[Beaker]

I would not call it a joke. It is just one more number to use in a game you didn't watch.

Nothing beats the eye test, however

 

[JMR]

QB rating is the best way to determine who is an elite QB.

So you're a fan of QBR over all else? It's "a" way but tough to agree it's the best.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

It is okay. But, if it went away...nobody would even notice it.
It really has shown no reason to supplant the standard rating system. Nobody complained about it.

It just seems like a make-believe stat that ESPN can force down our throats to cross promote its monopoly.
Essentially ESPN wants to fluff up and market flashy running QBs for highlight reels (and better sportscenter ratings).

ESPN just assumed that RG3, Vick, Kaepernick, and Cam would all be nonstop Superbowl winners.
They needed a stat to make sure those faces could sell ad space.

 

[Breed]

ESPN just assumed that RG3, Vick, Kaepernick, and Cam would all be nonstop Superbowl winners. They needed a stat to make sure those faces could sell ad space.

Has ESPN's QBR even been around long enough for all those players to have won a Super Bowl?

 

[NinerSickness]

QB 1: 14-18 153 yards 1 TD. 21 rush yards 1 TD. 98.5 Total QBR

QB 2: 38-59 466 yards 3 TDs. 70.8 Total QBR

QBR is 100% bull shit, and the fact that any human being who doesn't work for BSPN actually cites it is an indictment on the human race. It's literally not even a statistic.

 

[Davis_Mike]

I didn't even see QBR listed under ESPN passing leader stats when I looked this morning.

Has ESPN's QBR even been around long enough for all those players to have won a Super Bowl?

I think QBR has been around for 3 seasons.

Edit: I see they have a seperate link for QBR stats.

 

[Delphic1]

If we somehow get the math that is behind it then it will make sense. Until then it is a joke.

 

[MIKE75]

QB 1: 14-18 153 yards 1 TD. 21 rush yards 1 TD. 98.5 Total QBR

QB 2: 38-59 466 yards 3 TDs. 70.8 Total QBR

You are right a total joke. I go by regular passer rating

 

[MIKE75]

Yep QBR is an ESPN stat thats useles.

Who did i have this disagreement with here a while back about QBR?

Someone here goes by QBR and they were trying to tell me Mettenberger or some QB sucked because of QBR which by the way is a useless stat.

 

[MIKE75]

I found it the poster jeffro 151 was the one that was going by QBR.

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[Cave_Johnson]

You are right a total joke. I go by regular passer rating

Regular passer rating has its flaws, but it seems to do a much better job at.....well.....accurately rating a QB's performance.

 

[jarntt]

QB 1: 14-18 153 yards 1 TD. 21 rush yards 1 TD. 98.5 Total QBR

QB 2: 38-59 466 yards 3 TDs. 70.8 Total QBR

It is not meant to say who had the better game, but rather who was more efficient per throw. If you triple the throws for QB1 you get 42-54 3 TDs. But with no Ints you would think Brady's rating would be a little higher too. Maybe it's just the bias against Brady that I keep reading about on here...

 

[MHSL82]

QB Cousins on future: 'I want to be in Minnesota'

Quarterback Kirk Cousins made it clear Wednesday that he wants to remain with the Vikings past this season.

www.espn.com

I am not a Cousins fan, but they say he had the lowest total QBR for his career last year, but had eight fourth-quarter comebacks. Either his team got the comebacks and he didn’t do much, comebacks have pretty loose parameters, that’s a bad stat that doesn’t really measure anything, or he has such terrible games otherwise (or really bad first 3 quarters). It seems that if you had eight comebacks, and the QBR is supposed to be rated on clutch play, that should be higher for him.

 

[Dude]

Tic toc used to be just that like a clock. Today it is a widely used social media platform. Ok.

 

[MHSL82]

I think @Dude just gave me a

or was it a

?

Or was it an “if Aunt Bessie had balls she’d be my uncle”?

 

[PDay8810]

QB rating is the best way to determine who is an elite QB.

Lol....miss this