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To: golfer72 who wrote (41121)	1/24/2018 9:58:34 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45639

Fun with numbers: NFL Quarterback Ratings ... << Foles did well. QB ratings however are very misleading. ... The ratings have much more meaning when taken over a long time period. >> You won't get any argument from me on those statements, Golfer. One, two or 3 games is way too short a sampling to assess the comparative talent of a player. Moreover the QBR is a reflection of much more than just the play of the quaterback. It reflects the game plan, the game calling, the play of the O-Line protecting the QB and the defense. As Sharon Katz and Brian Burke for ESPN Stats & Information stated last summer while explaining ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR) in an article titled " How is (ESPN's) Total QBR calculated?" ... "Traditional NFL stats often act like funhouse mirrors –- making a quarterback’s performance look like something it isn’t." Here are ESPN's comparative Quarterback ratings (QBRs) for the 2 (or 3) game NFL 2017-2018 postseason playoffs: • Raw QBR: espn.com • Total QBR: espn.com While Foles leads Brady and others in ESPN's Raw QBR (Total Quarterback Rating, which values quarterback on all play types on a 0-to-100 scale) he trails Brady and Drew Brees on Total QBR (Opponent adjusted QBR). Be that as it may through his total 3 games of postseason play and the 2 games this playoff season Nick Foles has executed exceptionally well as has his play calling coach, O-Line and defense this playoff year. Below are the comparative official NFL QBR rankings for the 8 QBs who played in one or both of the last 2 NFL postseason games: >> Nick Foles has a historically great postseason passer rating Michael David Smith NBC Sports January 22, 2018 profootballtalk.nbcsports.com Eagles quarterback Nick Foles isn’t just playing well in the postseason, he’s putting up passing numbers at a historically unprecedented pace. Foles has a passer rating of 122.1 through two games this postseason, the best in the NFL. And when you add in Foles’ numbers from his start in the 2013 postseason, Foles now has the highest postseason passer rating in NFL history. Through three career playoff games, Foles has completed 72 of 96 passes for 793 yards, with five touchdowns and no interceptions. That works out to a 116.4 passer rating. That 116.4 passer rating is the best in NFL history for any quarterback with at least 75 postseason passes. The quarterback whose passer rating record Foles broke, Jeff Hostetler, had a similar story to Foles: He was a backup who became a starter late in the regular season, and then in the postseason, for the Giants when starter Phil Simms got hurt in 1990. There are six quarterbacks in NFL history who have thrown at least 75 postseason passes and have a career postseason passer rating better than 100. Here’s the full list: 116.4 Nick Foles 112.0 Jeff Hostetler 104.8 Bart Starr 102.8 Kurt Warner 100.8 Matt Ryan 100.7 Drew Brees Foles will need another good game against the Patriots in Super Bowl LII to remain atop that list. The Eagles would love to see Foles become another Jeff Hostetler. << Looking back a playoff week to the Atlanta game Nick Foles did not begin Saturday’s divisional round playoff victory looking like a quarterback who was going to outduel Matt Ryan and lead the Eagles into the NFC championship game and post a 100+QBR. Foles finished 23 for 30 for 246 yards, no touchdowns but no interceptions, good for a 100.1 passer rating. Matt Ryan, the 2016 league MVP finished 22 for 36 for 201 yards, a touchdown, and an 86.6 passer rating. The SI article below does a god job of getting inside the team effort that contributed to Foles QBR and emphasize points similar to what you made. >> Philadelphia's Offensive Line, Pass Rush Excel as Eagles Oust Falcons in NFC Divisional Round Robert Klemko Sports Illustrated \|MMCB January 13, 2018 si.com Three thoughts after the Eagles’ 15–10 win against the Falcons in the NFC divisional round of the playoffs. 1. Eagles QB Nick Foles should get credit for going 23-of-30 for 246 yards and no turnovers, but the driving force here was this Eagles offensive line: Whether they were protecting Foles on run-pass option plays that simplified things for the backup quarterback, or opening up lanes for running backs LeGarrette Blount and Jay Ajayi, this was a tremendous performance by offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland’s unit. Lane Johnson stood out at right tackle for a group that allowed just one sack, and Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who replaced Pro Bowler Jason Peters at left tackle midseason, held up admirably against Falcons’ talented DE Takk McKinley. Just imagine what this team could have been with a healthy Peters and QB Carson Wentz. 2. This was a coaching showcase for Doug Pederson and Philadelphia coordinators Frank Reich and Jim Schwartz. Reich installed a healthy mix of power running and run-pass option plays that put Foles in comfortable situations and helped Wentz’s replacement overcome some first-half yips, and his effective gadget plays for WR Nelson Agholor were the cherry on top. Schwartz mixed appropriately timed linebacker and nickel blitz pressure with an effective four-man rush and a focus on limiting Falcons WR Julio Jones’s opportunities, keeping Matt Ryan on the run for much of the day. To win without Wentz, the trio of Pederson, Reich and Schwartz had to put on a clinic, and they did. 3. Steve Sarkisian has absorbed a ton of criticism over the course of the season as the Falcons have fallen short of 2016 production levels, but it was painfully obvious that Atlanta doesn’t have the offensive personnel to deal with disruptive defensive line presences like Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham. A passing game filled with laterals and short throws put the Falcons in position to win on a fourth-quarter drive that fell short inside the five-yard line, but this offensive performance was a continuation of the disjointed play we’ve come to expect from Sarkisian’s unit in 2017. Atlanta made surprisingly little use of tight end Austin Hooper (one catch for three yards) and Taylor Gabriel (two catches for four yards), who should have been viable short and intermediate passing options against an overwhelming pass rush. << - Eric L. -