just some numbers so I have em

This is simple and familiar. I break down 2 sets of games with Bradford at qb. I just want the numbers in one place.

First, the set I’ll just call “THE 11 games.” This is Bradford in the games from 2012 & 2013 where the Rams have both a relatively healthy OL and a running threat. This is the 2nd group of 8 games from 2012 plus the 2nd group of 3 games from 2013, when Stacy replaces Richardson.

The set I call the “Other 12 games” = the 8 games from the first half of 2012, when they had 3 injury replacements and had to play Hunter and Ojinakka, plus the first 4 games from 2013 when they played Richardson (and Pead) and it wasn’t working.

On avg. Bradford played better the THE 11 games. But this is not a “cherry picked” best games thing. He did play some good games when he lacked either a relatively healthy OL, or lacked a running threat; and he did have some mediocre games in THE 11 games.

Why these 2 criteria? That’s really easy. All good qbs (with rare exceptions I can’t think of) play better when their OL is relatively healthy, and most play better when they have a running threat.

The numbers:

QB rating:
THE 11 games: 91.4
Other 12 games: 79.4

Completion%:
THE 11 games: 59.4%
Other 12 games: 60.3%

YPA:
THE 11 games: 6.5
Other 12 games: 6.7

TD%:
THE 11 games: 4.7%
Other 12 games: 3.4%

INT%:
THE 11 games: 1.8%
Other 12 games: 2.6%

Sack%:
THE 11 games: 4.7%
Other 12 games: 7.4%

Rams record v. NFC west:
THE 11 games: 4-0-1
The other 12 games: 1-2

Rams record v. all teams:
THE 11 games: 6-4-1 (16 game projection = 9)
The other 12 games: 4-8 (16 game projection = 5)

Percentage of comeback wins:
THE 11 games: 3 of 11 = 27.3%
The other 12 games: 2 of 12 = 16.7%

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Improvement needed in YPA & completion percentage, but to me a lot of that was the receivers too. Anyway, team was better under those conditions, the “THE 11 games” conditions, which were not even optimal–this doesn’t even consider the receivers or the defense. Though of course it should not be surprising that an offense is more effective when it has both a running threat and a relatively healthy OL, receivers and defense aside.