Post by Danchat on Dec 15, 2023 22:32:51 GMT -6
I didn't claim that. You asked "should QBs avoid stat padding?" and I said "they shouldn't care about their stats". I didn't mean to imply that some do.
The point of measuring garbage time is not "whether the offense is trying to win" (they always should be), it's about how passing the ball is easier against prevent defenses.
Going back to the Chargers-Raiders game - say when Easton Stick hits the free agent market, you evaluate his stats from this game. If you include the garbage time stats, you'd see a sparkly 117 passer rating with 257 passing yards and 3 TDs and might fool yourself into thinking that he had a great first career start. But if you evaluate the context of having 3 turnovers turn into 21 points for the defense and how the passing yards and TDs didn't come until the defense started having their DBs playing 10 yards off the WRs, and resting starters like Maxx Crosby. That's the point. That's how you avoid giving an irresponsible extension to Blake Bortles and overrating players who in normal situations aren't very good compared to their peers.
