IAYPA Update

Dr. X posts this from outside the offices of Football Outsiders:

"This year's IAYPA leader: LaDainian Tomlinson, with an IAYPA of 17.0. Granted, it was just one attempt, but he did complete it, and it did go for a TD.

"For players with more than five attempts, the top five are Jeff Garcia (10.3), Romo (9.1), Brady (8.9), David Garrard of your Jacksonville Jaguars (8.7), and the much-maligned Matt Hasselbeck (8.4). Garrard, BTW, also tore it up in preseason.

"But my question is: who is playing poorly, who also has a backup who played well in preseason?

"Surprisingly, I don't see too many situations where the QB is going to get the quick hook. There really are no surprises among the bottom performers - they're either guys who've always been bad (Rex Grossman) or guys who have just won the job and are seeing what real NFL defenses are like (Tarvaris Jackson).

"Perhaps Oakland, where Culpepper played ok in preseason and Josh McCown has not started well. On the numbers, Culpepper was an average NFL quarterback when Miami let him go. Average would be way better than what Oakland saw last year or has seen so far this year.

"Meanwhile Grossman has perfected the Bush strategy for survival - his backups are Griese (apparently is the victim of a Biblical curse forbidding him to ever start at quarterback) and the infamous Kyle Orton.

"Finally, let's light a candle for Joey Harrington, who has already been sacked 13 times this season."