GhostOfPoverty
Well-Known Member
ESPN Rankings! Trey Lance ahead of Cousins is absolutely insane! Prescott is too high as well.
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From that list, I'd put Trey Lance, Derek Carr, and Deshaun Watson, all below Cousins.
Agreed on Prescott being ranked too high. Prescott is a classic example of how "QB rating" is usually a pretty dumb stat. In 2021, Cousins had better passing stats in all areas except for avg pass distance, where he had 7.5 to Prescott's 8.0.
Meanwhile, Prescott had a QB rating of 151.0 to Cousins's 103.1. Prescott obviously contributes much more to the rushing game than Cousins does, but no way is it enough to justify ranking a guy 48 points above someone who had 400+ more passing yards and 4 more passing TDs/2 more INT's.
Would I rank him higher than Cousins due to his rushing abilities? Probably. Would it be enough to make me rank him 7 spots ahead of Cousins? Absolutely not.