Let’s have a look at how the quarterbacks of the AFC South are faring in passer rating and QBR, shall we?
Passer rating maxes out at 158.3; QBR goes to 100. Here’s ESPN.com's QBR file.
For a game, QBR can be interpreted as a percentile, so a score of 80 means a QB’s performance was better than 80 percent of all QB games.
A reminder on Total QBR: It’s a quarterback rating that takes into account all of a QB’s significant contributions (passing, rushing, sacks, fumbles, penalties) to his team’s scoring and winning and summarizes them into one number on a 0-100 scale, where 50 is average. Since 2008, the team with the higher QBR has won 86 percent of the time.
What strikes me this week is Gabbert's low ranking.
I came into the season saying if he could be just average, the Jaguars could challenge .500. But he's 29th in passer rating and 24th in QBR -- numbers that are far from average.
The 16th guy in passer rating is Arizona's Kevin Kolb at 89.7 -- 16.4 points ahead of Gabbert. The 16th guy in QBR is Philip Rivers at 61.8 -- 19.5 points ahead of Gabbert.
There are a lot of reasons the Jaguars aren't any good. There are a lot of reasons Gabbert isn't playing very well, and we've talked about how receivers and protection remain issues.
But ultimately, quarterback production is quarterback production.
Passer rating maxes out at 158.3; QBR goes to 100. Here’s ESPN.com's QBR file.
For a game, QBR can be interpreted as a percentile, so a score of 80 means a QB’s performance was better than 80 percent of all QB games.
A reminder on Total QBR: It’s a quarterback rating that takes into account all of a QB’s significant contributions (passing, rushing, sacks, fumbles, penalties) to his team’s scoring and winning and summarizes them into one number on a 0-100 scale, where 50 is average. Since 2008, the team with the higher QBR has won 86 percent of the time.
What strikes me this week is Gabbert's low ranking.
I came into the season saying if he could be just average, the Jaguars could challenge .500. But he's 29th in passer rating and 24th in QBR -- numbers that are far from average.
The 16th guy in passer rating is Arizona's Kevin Kolb at 89.7 -- 16.4 points ahead of Gabbert. The 16th guy in QBR is Philip Rivers at 61.8 -- 19.5 points ahead of Gabbert.
There are a lot of reasons the Jaguars aren't any good. There are a lot of reasons Gabbert isn't playing very well, and we've talked about how receivers and protection remain issues.
But ultimately, quarterback production is quarterback production.
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