The Other Drew
Washed-up Drew Bledsoe threw three interceptions as the Bills squeaked by the Seahawks, 38-9 today. But there is another Drew stalking the land - Drew Brees in San Diego continues to make a statement. Just to steal a march on Easterbrook: I don't wish to alarm you, but the Chargers are 8-3 and Brees has 19 touchdown passes (same as Favre) and three - count them three - interceptions this season (Favre has 11). His QB rating is 105.6, same as Donovan McNabb.
As you may know, Dr. X has developed his own QB rating metric: Interception-Adjusted Yards-per-Attempt. This is the same as Yards-per-Attempt (which football statisticians believe to be the single best rating metric), but is recalculated after imputing a 50-yard penalty for each interception.
The NFL leaders on this metric as of today (name, YPA, IAYPA):
- Peyton Manning, 9.1, 8.1
- Daunte Culpepper, 8.3, 7.5
- Donovan McNabb, 8.2, 7.4
- Trent Green, 8.4, 7.1
- Drew Brees, 7.5, 7.0
Football Outsiders have their own system, which drops Brees down to 7th.
posted by Anonymous at 9:34 PM
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They got a big boost from the Raiders tonight, who came from behind to beat the Broncos in Denver. BUT: they must win against the Broncos at home next week, or they may not even get into the playoffs.
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