NFL Poll - Best QB for Divisional Round

Really surprising (non-scientific) pole on NFL network.

Question was: Which NFC quarterback would you want under center in the Divisional Round?

Candidates:
Russell Wilson
Cam Newton
Colin Kaepernick
Drew Breese

Results:
Russell Wilson = 46%
Drew Breese = 26%
Cam Newton = 18%
Colin Kaepernick = 10%


Now the pole was a "text your answer", so this isn't Gartner here. But it's surprising with everything that happened during the wild card round, that Kaep would end up last.

Well he is about dead least in the league in completion percentage. Only Eli Manning and Geno Smith were worse this season.

Eli was actually quite good this season if you factor in all his completions to opposing defenses.

Who is this Drew Breese? I've never seen him play.

megamanflx1":u4nzk2uh said:

Eli was actually quite good this season if you factor in all his completions to opposing defenses.

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Aaaaaaaaaaand cut. Everybody move onto the next thread.

It's pretty telling where Krap is...
Even after the nut nuzzling the NFL network has given him all week!
I mean com'on, they barely beat GB!
The only way that defense could have been worse, is if they had't sent anyone out on the field!
I guess the masses aren't buying it either.

megamanflx1":1wq3k6uh said:

Eli was actually quite good this season if you factor in all his completions to opposing defenses.

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The funny thing is...you're right. Factor in INT's and he beats Colin by 2%. Even Geno eeks past him by a full tenth.

Anyone surprised Russell Wilson was #1? Was that a lot of Seahawks fans watching NFL Network that know how to text? Aren't we the most hated NFL team now?

Spiderdan":2i0hgq5b said:

Who is this Drew Breese? I've never seen him play.

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He's awesome. He plays like a young Don Marina!

Who's this Dan Marina you speak of?.

megamanflx1":33rdgzrn said:

Eli was actually quite good this season if you factor in all his completions to opposing defenses.

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I lol'd.

KCHawkGirl":1a3igz8k said:

Who's this Dan Marina you speak of?.

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It's Don Marina!

But guys, Kappernick threw all over green bay's depleted secondary and completely lack of linebackers down to 1.5 healthy ones and *HE DIDNT WEAR SLEEVES* /swooooooon

minormillikin":22kfs90d said:

KCHawkGirl":22kfs90d said:

Who's this Dan Marina you speak of?.

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It's Don Marina!

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I stand corrected.

253hawk":18u9d58m said:

Well he is about dead least in the league in completion percentage. Only Eli Manning and Geno Smith were worse this season.

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And kap and Wilson are near identical in almost all their stats this year. Seattle is has the best defense and number one seed in the NFC. That is why RW is ranked number one.

I love russell but that's disrespectful to drew brees

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paramedic586":1cy4p44q said:

253hawk":1cy4p44q said:

Well he is about dead least in the league in completion percentage. Only Eli Manning and Geno Smith were worse this season.

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And kap and Wilson are near identical in almost all their stats this year. Seattle is has the best defense and number one seed in the NFC. That is why RW is ranked number one.

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Superficially, you have a decent argument but Wilson is still slightly better overall.


KAEPERNICK...........VS...................WILSON

36th Pick, 2011...(DRAFT)...75th Pick, 2012
3 Years...........(EXPERIENCE)...........2 Years
27................(TOTAL STARTS)..................34
6'5......................(HEIGHT)......................5'11
233.....................(WEIGHT).....................205

416.............(PASS ATTEMPTS)...............407 (-11)
58.4...............(COMPLETION %)..............63.1 (+4.7)
3197.............(PASSING YARDS)............3357 (+160)
7.7 ...............(YARDS PER ATT.).............8.2 (+0.5)

20..................(TOUCHDOWNS)................26 (+6)
08..................(INTERCEPTIONS)..............09 (+1)
39..................(TIMES SACKED)................44 (+5)
91.6.................(QB RATING)...............101.2 (+9.6)

92................(RUSH ATTEMPTS)..............96 (+4)
524..............(RUSHING YARDS).............539 (+15)
5.7............(YARDS PER CARRY).............5.6 (-0.1)
4...................(RUSHING TDS)......................1 (-3)
6.......................(FUMBLES).........................6
4..................(FUMBLES LOST)....................3 (-1)

13-4................('13 W-L RECORD)............13-3 (-1 Loss)
3 ..............(4TH QTR COMEBACKS)..............3
4 ............(GAME WINNING DRIVES).............4


However, surgically speaking, you couldn''t be more wrong.

1. Seahawks and 49ers played 14 of the same defenses in 2013. One could argue that:

NYG D + MINN D > GB D + WASH D

2. Both teams had stellar Rushing Offenses + Shutdown Defenses.

3. Tarvaris Jackson has seen more playing time than Colt McCoy.

4 . The Deal Breaker: Missed Games per Offensive Units

Starting O-Line
SFO: 1 Starter Missed 4 Games (5%) (Next Man Up: 9 year Vet w/ 87 career starts)
SEA: 4 Starters Missed 20 Games (25%) (NMU: 2013 7th Round Rookie)

WRs/TEs:
SFO: 37 Games
Crabtree (11), Manningham (10), Patton (10), Davis (1), McDonald (1), Celek (4)

SEA: 41 Games
Harvin (15), Rice (7), Kearse (1), Miller(2), McCoy (16)

RBs/FBs:
SF0: 8 Missed Games (James, 6 + Miller, 2)
SEA: 25 Missed Games (M-Rob, 7 + Coleman, 4 + Ware, 14)

Total Missed Games:
SFO: 49 Games
SEA: 86 Games (+37)


Keep grasping at straws, San Fran.

paramedic586":3jrlai1h said:

253hawk":3jrlai1h said:

Well he is about dead least in the league in completion percentage. Only Eli Manning and Geno Smith were worse this season.

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And kap and Wilson are near identical in almost all their stats this year. Seattle is has the best defense and number one seed in the NFC. That is why RW is ranked number one.

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No he is #1 because his team is winning games because of him. Not in spite of him.

Choose you poison. Most 9er fans want to claim to have the superior talent and if so then why has Kaep sucked so bad? The reality is right now with Crabs, VD, Gore, Boldin and that offensive line Wilson would be putting up way better #s than Kaep is. There is no argument.

Face facts. The weak link on your offense is your QB. Most NFL QB's even without Crabtree, behind that line, with that running game, Boldin and a defense that has prevented the QB from having to go into panic mode, would have way better numbers.

You really have to ignore reality to think for a second that Kaep has been anywhere near Wilson's level this year. The only ones trying to make that argument are 9er fans (while simultaneously trying to argue better talent) meanwhile the rest of the football world is laughing at you guys for it.

And if you want to go a littler deeper, Wilson has improved his stats/averages from last season in almost every category while Colin has regressed...pretty impressive when those starts lost to injury are accounted for. Granted, he has a smaller sample size since he only started 7 games in 2012 but I doubt they would have been any higher if he had started the whole year.

I still think Brees should be on the top of that list over Wilson, but there's no way I'd take Cam or Colin over either of them and Cam should definitely be at the bottom.

davidonmi":37fmomq4 said:

I love russell but that's disrespectful to drew brees

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Ahhh, what a shame.