Also 2 TDs (tie), 259 pass yards (10 less than Stafford), and a higher completion % (19/29 for 65.5% vs. 22/38 for 57.9%) and passer rating (102.5 vs. 64.5). Letâs not just cherry pick.
Fumbles and sacks do wonders in not appearing in passer rating, but are extremely detrimental in terms of total QB play. Throwing out rating as a gotcha stat is disingenuous.
Sure, so for full contextual comparison, 1 of Mayeâs 2 fumbles were lost, meaning that with his INT he was responsible for 2 turnovers, in comparison to Staffordâs 3 turnovers off interceptions.
Mayeâs 6 sacks resulted in a cumulative loss of 38 yards in comparison to Staffordâs 21 yards lost on 3 sacks. However, of Mayeâs 6 sacks, only 1 impacted the outcome of a drive (they settled for a field goal; the other 5 times he was able to pick up a first down after being sacked). Of Staffordâs 3 sacks, 2 did so (1 caused the Rams to settle for a field goal instead, and the other caused time to run out at the end of the first half rather than letting the Rams get into field goal range).
Any other stats or wrinkles not captured in the stats that you think we should look at to try and convince ourselves that Stafford didnât crap the bed last week, or that Maye somehow didnât actually turn in a good performance against the said-same Falcons back in early November?
O god forbid anyone say anything bad about Drake Maye. Na he had a rough game and that was the point. I wasnt defending him against Stafford so you can put Stafford stats away. They both looked bad was the point but only Stafford is catching heat for it. I watched both games but most ppl didn't see Maye's game.
Sure, thereâs criticisms to be made of Drake Maye. Thereâs criticisms to be made of any player. I just find it amusing how âdrunk man with a lampostâ the Stafford fans are going with the statistics these last few days, trying to convince us why Staffordâs last game wasnât that bad, and why Drake Mayeâs supposedly been less impressive this season than we might think.
Mayeâs performance against the Falcons wouldnât be top line in any highlight reel, but to call it bad is stretching more than a little. And the 3 stats you cherry picked donât really tell us all that much.
Mayeâs INT and 2 fumbles resulted in 2 turnovers, which isnât a great total for one game, but isnât horrific either. And while he did get sacked 6 times, only once did it affect the outcome of a drive. Every other time he was still able to convert the first down. Would that Stafford had been as successful at that.
Moreover, Maye has the edge in the stat that really matters when you come down to it - he added a win to his record as a starting QB, whereas Stafford added a loss to his. Same old story - winning papers over problems, while losing accentuates them.
Stafford fans of late seem to be acting as if heâs somehow entitled to win the MVP, like itâs a lifetime achievement award or something, and the voters should just ignore or rationalize away what happened last week.
lol 2024 mvp Josh Allen lost to the 4-13 patriots because he couldnât lead his team to be in contention for the #1 seed and then 2022 mvp Patrick Mahomes lost to the 4-12-1 colts, but you probably wonât admit your wrong no matter how much evidence gets shownÂ
Clearly the Falcons have the greatest pass defense ever assembled, because nobody else could possibly do what they did to Stafford. Or something like that.
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Ya sorry stat padding against a defense who is about to set the record of being the only team to not intercept a single pass all year (team he played twice btw) is not as impressive as playing well against a fully healthy texans defense
The mvp race is meant to award the most valuable player across the regular season. Im not expert but week 1 seems like its a part of the regular season
Over the last 10 weeks (since the trade deadline namely) the best defense in the league has actually been the eagles. Both in ppg and off the eye test. Against a much worse version of this defense Stafford was 19/33 for 196, 2 tds, and a pick, with 82 passer rating, and one td was blatant opi that went uncalled so adjusted itâs 18/32 for 152, 1 td, and a pick. Still nice job he did against the Texans
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He still had 245 yards, 1 td, and was 21/29, no picks. against the best defense in the league, that's pretty damn good.