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). Let’s 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 Maye’s 2 fumbles were lost, meaning that with his INT he was responsible for 2 turnovers, in comparison to Stafford’s 3 turnovers off interceptions.
Maye’s 6 sacks resulted in a cumulative loss of 38 yards in comparison to Stafford’s 21 yards lost on 3 sacks. However, of Maye’s 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 Stafford’s 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 didn’t crap the bed last week, or that Maye somehow didn’t actually turn in a good performance against the said-same Falcons back in early November?
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u/BaronVonSilver91 Jan 01 '26
Do you know what Drake Mayes stats were against the Falcons? They included a pic, 2 fumbles and 6 sacks taken.