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* Mannion is a #2, but we don’t know how good. So far he has performed well in the 2nd string role, with 2nd and 3rd string OL, WRs, and backs. That doesn’t tell you that much. He has quirks in his physical game but isn’t hindered by them; actually he gets the ball out fairly quickly all things considered. Just guessing, I personally think he’s a good #2 with enough there that he could be #1 if put in those circumstances.
* Goff has done well overall, with some minor down moments, but nothing that concerns me. The contrast with Rivers was sharp–as well as he;’s doing, he’s still not a fully formed franchise qb yet. But I don’t have any reason to doubt he will become that. If you add up all his snaps, it pretty much amounts to a single regular season game.
In that imagined game, he would be 24 of 32 (75%) for 250 yards and 7.8 per attempt, with 1 TD (3.125%)and 1 INT & a qb rating of 95.5. Where would that qb rank against the 16 game rankings of 2016 starters? (That;s not a projection of what he will do, it just gives you a rough sense of where he stands). He would be 1st in completion percentage, 5th in yards per attempt, 17th in yards per game, 25th in TD percentage, and 11th in qb rating (ahead of Roethlisberger, Stafford, Wilson, Rivers, Palmer, Flacco, and Eli).
With Mannion he played the equivalent of 2 regular season games. Mannion would be 49 of 76 (64.5%) for 490 yards and 6.4 per attempt, with 2 TDs (2.6%) and O Ints and a qb rating of 91.4. Where would that qb rank against the 16 game rankings of 2016 starters? He would be 14th in completion percentage, 27th in yards per attempt, 18th in yards per game, 30th in TD percentage, and 16th in qb rating (ahead of Rivers, Palmer, Flacco, and Eli).
Goff is still a work in progress, he’s the starter, he will probably have his ups and downs, Mannion could be a good #2, and they ain’t trading him.
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I agree with that, zn. Although I think Mannion will be a better No. 1 than Goff.
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Mannion was 7 of 12 for 51 yards in the first half, not great. But, those 2 drives resulted in 2 FGs. One was when they got the ball with less than a minute left until half time.
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Even though it was in games against scrubs in preseason, he did come from behind to beat Dallas last year and the Raiders this year and except for a missed FG, the Chargers this year.
Agamemnonaeneas1 wrote:
STARTING QBS – POINTS PER DRIVE
the 2017 preseason is, for all intents and purposes, officially in the books in terms of starters – last season only 3 projected starting qbs played in the final preseason game, brees and wilson each played a single drive, rg3 played 2… brady played a full half, but only because it was clear he wouldn’t be available for week 1 due to his suspension – the previous year, as would be expected, brady sat out the final preseason game.
so here’s a look at how the projected starting qbs fared this preseason, ranked by the offensive points scored per the drives they led – also included, to the far right, are the full game point equivalents, based on the nfl average of 11 drives per game (points per drive x 11 drives).
in that vein, goff has played 9 drives this preseason, just short of the nfl average of 11 drives for a full game, in those drives he’s led the rams to 27 offensive points, has completed 75% of his passes, for a hefty 7.8 yards per attempt, and a 94.5 qb rating.
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