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Sabermetrics has changed how I view sports. The revolution in baseball has made me reevaluate how I look at all sports. It amazes me how many football guys and even baseball guys don’t look at the game the same way.
Here in Pittsburgh, there is always a debate about “elite” quarterbacks. Fans get upset that Ben is never high enough on lists, or he is cut from some. Fans feel he’s the best in the game, and when guys like Rodgers or Breese are listed as better it angers them. The typical response is that Ben “won two super bowls” or that he’s just a winner.
Regularly football analysts call guys out for being clutch. Tebow is considered a winner. He finds ways to win games. Same with Brady. There is a growing group of people who call out Peyton Manning for not winning enough big games.
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I thought about this a lot. The argument that always bothered me was that Terry Bradshaw was a better quarterback than Archie Manning just because he won 4 Super Bowls. Manning never had the real teams around him, and people freely admit that. But wins are wins, and a QB is expected to win no matter what. But when I looked at baseball, wins for a starting pitcher have become more or less meaningless in the sabermetrics community.
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When we judge a starting pitcher, we understand there are things he can’t control in the game. The offensive output for his team, the strikezone, errors, bad defense…hell he can’t even control what the ball does off the bat. So to pin him with a loss or praise him for a win, is a little outlandish. But it got me to thinking, how much of the game does a quarterback ACTUALLY control?
A QB at first glance controls his offense. The defense is separate from him, so even if he was perfect, a terrible defense can saddle him with losses. But how much of the offense does be control? So little is out of his hands. The officiating can call games tight or lose, he doesn’t control the play calling- when to run or pass is not entirely in his hands even. While he gets audibles and makes reads the plays are still called to him. The receivers the. Have to run the correct routes, and they have to catch the ball. So on any given play the QB controls very little.
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So, he doesn’t control the play, the scheme, the gameplan, the running back, the offensive protection, the receivers running the routes, the receivers catching the ball, some interceptions (tipped balls, receivers running wrong timing routes), the entire running game, the entire defensive side of the ball, and the officiating. So, how much does be control?
Football is often called “The Ultimate Team Game” yet one position is judged entirely by wins and losses. So is Rivers better than Big Ben? I don’t think so, but If you think he isnt because Rivers doesn’t “win”, then you are on the wrong side of the argument.