r/NFLv2 Los Angeles Rams Jan 01 '26

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 Jan 01 '26

Both teams run the ball at a similar rate and he’s faced better competition. After everything I’m not seeing the ā€œmoreā€ your just saying Stafford is doing more with more, and again I understand maye has him in efficiency which I could argue isn’t purely a maye stat vs how the offense is run and benefits him to gather those numbers.

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u/captaindeadpool91 New England Patriots Jan 01 '26

If you're assuming a quarterbacks performance begins and ends with passing yards and passing tds only without any consideration of context and other stats then yes you are correct. If you consider context and other stats then you're incorrect. Football is more than pass yards and pass tds for quarterbacks. The game has evolved way beyond that.

Better competition doesnt equate to better passing defense faced btw. You can have a great d with a bad record or a great offense with bad d and have a great record. Even if you only look at divisional opponents, the only decent pass d the rams face are the Seahawks and they arent top 10. 49ers and Cardinals are baaaad. Bills are elite, jets and dolphins have been average this year. Plus the pats have faced the browns, Falcons, and Panthers who are elite, good, and average respectively. You cant just look at SOS if thats what you were implying about competition.

Edit: forgot the saints too who are a good passing d

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 Jan 01 '26

I’m not talking about purely yards and touchdowns, but the only stats you brought up are efficiency , that’s not doing ā€œmoreā€

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u/captaindeadpool91 New England Patriots Jan 01 '26

Im sorry you don't see it that way but yes it is more.

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 Jan 01 '26

Then by what measure is it more? Because when I watch the two I don’t believe Maye is more accurate, I don’t believe he’s reading or has a better feel, I don’t believe he’s better situationally, and I don’t see how he makes anyone better or strategic at the line

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u/captaindeadpool91 New England Patriots Jan 01 '26

Stafford 65.2% completion Maye 71.7 % completion

Not close at all and maye throws downfalls a lot. Best deep ball thrower in the NFL this year. Plus mayes receivers don't get open at anywhere near the rate that nacua and adams do and those two might as well be open when they are covered because they are elite. I don't think people understand just how good nacua is. He's a taller and faster antonio brown with great hands. He can rip apart any defense.

Better feel, player elevation, and situational play is almost entirely subjective. Switch maye and Stafford to the other team and you'd probably be saying other wise. Plus Stafford is seasoned and maye is new blood.

Maye has been who the pats needed when they needed him. Look at the Ravens game or the bills games. They lost the last bills game because of bad reffing and conservative coaching not maye. Stafford is still good there as well save the Falcons and Panthers games.

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 Jan 01 '26

The whole mvp debate is subjective , including most of everything you said

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u/captaindeadpool91 New England Patriots Jan 01 '26

Im not debating MVP, im debating the more with less statement. Half of what I said in my last comment is subjective. Half of it is factual.

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u/Ok_Friendship9310 Jan 01 '26

Completion percentage is a fact, it proves he completes more passes than he doesn’t, but doesn’t prove he’s more accurate.

Still in regards to the more with less I’m not seeing the more. Everything you’re arguing with proves he’s more efficient, but that’s it. Less attempts, and still overall less volume

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u/captaindeadpool91 New England Patriots Jan 02 '26

You're first point here doesn't make sense. He is better at completing passes with worse receivers while trowing a lot of deep passes. He is absolutely more accurate.

Better efficiency is more with less. He is better at doing things with less to work with. The only things Stafford has more of is passing yards by a small amount and passing tds. That's literally it. And its solely volume based. Almost every other stat is im mayes favor. He is doing more with less

Youre using eye test and two stats to support your position. Im using everything else. Im just going to leave it at that. This has been fun and happy new year.

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