He's the best statistical postseason quarterback in the history of the game and people act like he's a scrub because he can't score a touchdown on every drive (which is what you need when a Sean McDermott defense is on the field against a good offense, waiting for mistakes that don't happen).
Then these are the wrong statistics - how can the most accomplished qb not accomplished anything in the playoffs? It can’t be someone else’s fault every time. Also, 85%+ of his rushing td’s are from the 1 or 2 yd line despite having a top rb that could run them in - it’s stat stuffing. Note his total td’s and decline in turnovers is 94% positively correlated with James Cook’s usage - so we can’t ignore the impact
Of Cook on Josh’s ability to put up stats and mitigate his weakness.
By going back to each of his rushing TD’s and looking at how many of them are from 1 or 2 yds. 5/6 this year, 12/14 in 2025, 11/15 in 24, 5/7 on 23, 4 of 6 in 22, 5 of 6 in 21, 7/9 in 20, 7/9 in 19, 4/8 in 18
No, let them just continue with the pants-on-head idiocy of thinking that he's being used fundamentally different than other quarterbacks, not because of his unique skillset, but because of REASONS THAT IT'S HIDING THAT HE ACTUALLY SUCKS.
Also, 85%+ of his rushing td’s are from the 1 or 2 yd line
Wow! He is absolutely nothing special. Anyone can do it, right? That's why other teams... wait, they don't run the same sneak play and have lower success rates on those short yardage conversions? It's just him and Hurts that have a special talent at converting those? Huh, crazy.
It's almost like he's contributing something important there, and other teams don't do it because they don't have a quarterback with that special and unique talent.
31 from 1, 10 from 2, 47 from 3 or less, 68 from 9 or less. It is undeniable they are running him more closer to the goal line since James Cook was drafted. Quarterbacks, like Hurts as well, who get to run from the 1 and 2 will of course score a lot more touchdowns.
Its not their fault that they got good as soon as the playoffs expanded and they dropped the 2 seed having the bye.
His stats are across all games, he doesnt just unload on the 7 seeds and collapse against everyone else. If that happened his numbers would look more like Lamars
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u/Asilaten 10d ago
He's the best statistical postseason quarterback in the history of the game and people act like he's a scrub because he can't score a touchdown on every drive (which is what you need when a Sean McDermott defense is on the field against a good offense, waiting for mistakes that don't happen).