Did you guys both miss the 2nd part of the post or just choose to ignore it?
Last season, Mac was 17th (his rookie year). Stafford was #3, Tua (2nd year) was 19th, Hurts (2nd year) was 14th, Goff was 21st, Lawrence was 28th.
This year, Tua is #1, Hurts is #3, Goff is #5, Geno is #6, Burrow is #7, Allen is #8, and Lawrence is #10.
What do you think changed over the offseason that allowed Tua and Hurts to climb up that board like that? What do you think changed in New England that caused Mac to fall from 17th to 24th?
What I'm saying is that it's a stupid fucking stat that changes in crazy ways from year to year, and the common denominator is usually who a quarterback has around them in a given season. I guess maybe if Mac was #3 this year like Stafford was last year, you guys would say Mac is washed too. Or maybe it has something to do with Stafford being injured, their running game being a mess, Kupp getting hurt, Robert Woods getting shipped out of town....
Any stat that rates Geno Smith as the #6 QB in the NFL, ahead of Burrow and Allen, should be taken behind the barn and shot if it's going to be used in a single statistic context.