Sgt. Largent":1n1mpzf1 said:
I explained it, it's not pass attempts or yards, it's efficiency.
I hear what you're saying and I get it, but it's not JUST efficiency either.
Because this is a Seahawks board let's just entirely avoid Russell Wilson or the Seahawks.
Just for clean argumentation (read: this is sake of argument stuff, neither of us care if it's true or not) let's use 2018 QB rating as a stand in for efficiency.
Russell Wilson's efficiency comps are Matt Ryan (3 points lower in QB rating) and Phillips Rivers (3 points higher).
So, from here on out we're just going to be talking about Matt Ryan or Phillips Rivers. We're gonna pretend they're the same age, etc., etc., and talk about their value on the open market.
My argument is that if Ben Roethlisberger retires and Marcus Mariota is allowed to hit FA, Matt Ryan is worth more to the Steelers than he is to the Titans.
That's because in his ideal version of his offense Mike Tomlin wants to be throwing the ball 2/3rds of the time, and in his ideal version of his offense Mike Vrabel wants to be throwing the ball only 1/2 the time.
Matt Ryan or Phillip Rivers is worth more to the Steelers than he is to the Titans because on the Titans on 1/6th more of the plays his job is to turn around and hand a ball, and on the Steelers on 1/6th more of the plays he's asked to be the great QB that he is.
That's it.
If you wanna swap out the Titans for the Seahawks, the only difference for the Seahawks is that it's 1 out of every 5 plays (20%) instead of 1 out of every 6 plays.
Efficiency is about how good a player is. I'm talking about how much a player is used. If I said the 9ers backfield is better than the Seahawks backfield because the 9ers fullback is better, you would rightly tell me that this is a stupid argument because the Seahawks don't even use a fullback. You would be right and I would be wrong because I had confused efficiency for usage. :2thumbs: