around the league week 7 stuff, including games & aftermaths

wv wrote:

Broncos score zero in the first three quarters. And 33 in the fourth quarter. To win 33-32. O my.

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from Broncos stun Giants 33-32 with last-second field goal after getting shut out for three quarters

https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401772757

DENVER — — Wil Lutz kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the Denver Broncos to a thrilling 33-32 win Sunday over the stunned New York Giants, who took a shutout into the fourth quarter.

The Broncos’ improbable comeback snapped a streak in which NFL teams had won 1,602 consecutive games when leading by 18 points in the final 6 minutes of a game.

The Broncos (5-2) trailed 26-8 with just over 5 minutes remaining but scored on a 7-yard Bo Nix scamper, R.J. Harvey’s 2-yard catch, an 18-yard keeper by Nix and Lutz’s game-winner after Jaxson Dart seemingly broke the Broncos’ hearts with a 1-yard TD with 37 seconds left that gave New York a 32-30 lead.

Jude McAtamney missed his second extra point of the afternoon, however, and after Tyler Badie returned the kickoff 19 yards to the 23, Nix found Marvin Mims for 29 yards and Courtland Sutton for 22.

With no timeouts remaining, Nix and the offense raced to the line of scrimmage at the Giants 21 and spiked the ball with 2 seconds left.

The snap was high but Lutz nailed the field goal to secure Denver’s fourth consecutive win overall and NFL-best eighth straight at home.

wv wrote:

PFF grades:
Mahommes 62.2
Geno 67.2

[posted by me without agreeing or disagreeing, in a “fits the topic” kinda way]

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Mitchell Schwartz@MitchSchwartz71
Here’s the thing with PFF grades for QBs that it seems like is totally lost on most people who casually see grades:

1) Their “turnover worthy plays” get graded much more negatively than normal positive plays do, for good reason. Turnover avoidance is hugely important.

2) If you don’t have any extremely difficult throws then your grade isn’t going to look amazing, especially if you have a TWP or two. A game being “easier” means you don’t have the ability to be positively rewarded for what they call “big time throws,” which skew the grade higher.

3) Depth of targe matters too. Shorter throws are easier, and if the game develops in a way that the QB is throwing shorter and again, easier, then the grading isn’t going to be as favorable.

4) You don’t get graded for how difficult your assignment is (at least I don’t think) unless you’re making difficult throws. It’s just grading the read/throw itself on a given play. The fact that KC can run the highest level of offense and put so much on Pat’s plate isn’t factored into the grade. That’s a subjective piece you have to add yourself.

5) What other easily digestible and quantifiable metric do you like better to evaluate QB play?

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