Mike and I are reading from the same book (if maybe not quite the same page) on Brock Purdy, so I point this out in jest more than anything else, buuuutt...
Brock Purdy having a top-8 DYAR finish and winning a playoff game the year after leading the league in DYAR would certainly show him to be a top-tier franchise quarterback. You know, …
Mike and I are reading from the same book (if maybe not quite the same page) on Brock Purdy, so I point this out in jest more than anything else, buuuutt...
Brock Purdy having a top-8 DYAR finish and winning a playoff game the year after leading the league in DYAR would certainly show him to be a top-tier franchise quarterback. You know, like Mark Rypien was in 1992 (7th in DYAR, one playoff win).
It would at the very least make sure he was clear from the riffraff. After all, what kind of quarterback (2022 Patrick Mahomes) would fail to be top 8 in DYAR (1997 Dan Marino) the year after the led the league? (1993 John Elway). No one worth mentioning, obviously.
Repeatability of absolute DYAR is a better measure though. DYAR ranking is susceptible to distribution of DYAR amongst other qbs which even Tom Brady can’t control. And yes, I am a pedant.
Mike and I are reading from the same book (if maybe not quite the same page) on Brock Purdy, so I point this out in jest more than anything else, buuuutt...
Brock Purdy having a top-8 DYAR finish and winning a playoff game the year after leading the league in DYAR would certainly show him to be a top-tier franchise quarterback. You know, like Mark Rypien was in 1992 (7th in DYAR, one playoff win).
It would at the very least make sure he was clear from the riffraff. After all, what kind of quarterback (2022 Patrick Mahomes) would fail to be top 8 in DYAR (1997 Dan Marino) the year after the led the league? (1993 John Elway). No one worth mentioning, obviously.
Did any of those QBs have the weapons the 49ers have?
Most of them were fairly young in the 1990s, so they may not have helped Elway as much as they would help Purdy.
Repeatability of absolute DYAR is a better measure though. DYAR ranking is susceptible to distribution of DYAR amongst other qbs which even Tom Brady can’t control. And yes, I am a pedant.