Why does anyone talk about a quarterbacks won loss record? And why do they even track it? Football is the ultimate team sport and people disrespect the other 21 starters and special team guys by awarding wins and pinning losses on one guy. Especially Super Bowl wins. You can argue whether the quarterback is the most important person on the team because he touches the ball on all offensive plays but I still don’t see how you can credit him with the record. Give me the 85 Bears D, the Dallas Cowboys line from their 90s title teams, the current Cardinal wideouts and Barry Sanders as my running back and I will take any starting QB in the NFL today and have a shot at the Super Bowl. I know that can’t happen but you get my point. With the Super Bowl less than two weeks away every sports show is talking about Big Ben’s playoff record and how Kurt Warner has already won a Super Bowl. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl but would anyone pick him to start over say Dan Marino. Call a guy a Super Bowl champ just don’t give him all the credit unless we are going to start crediting every player with a won/loss reord.
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It's the same with starting pitchers' win/loss. Theoretically, a pitcher can have a 1.0 ERA and zero wins if the offense is awful.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can totally throw away the win/loss, but i agree that it's largely irrelevant. the QB is in charge of managing the offense, and largely, the game. if your team is down by two TDs, you don't rely on Barry to catch you up - you need Scott Mitchell (okay, bad example). But the QB needs to manage the game, read blitzes, call audibles, make key 3rd down conversions. The win/loss is probably 25-30% reliant on his actions alone. We can't base his performance solely on win/loss. You need to look at that in totale with him yards/attempt, passer rating, TD/Int, completion %, and sometimes yds/game (although that can be argued).