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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0
So ...
A replacement level QB + 52 Patriots in 26 postseason games (they excluded the Bledsoe game) would have won 12.6 games and lost 13.4 games.
A replacement level QB + 52 Colts or 52 Broncos in 24 postseason games would have won 8 games and lost 16.
Anyone wanna tell me Brady doesn't have enough weapons? I'm still waiting for someone to explain this one to me.
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If you don't buy the formula, the reported results are meaningless. That should have been easy enough for you to figure out. Even Silver understood that, and tweaked things.
Silver on that very list:
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But this is a somewhat ridiculous list. The top five consists of one great quarterback, Joe Montana, along with two pretty good ones (Eli Manning and Flacco). It also has Trent Dilfer and Jeff Hostetler. Meanwhile, Brady ranks just 43rd by this measure.
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I love that you're ignoring the whole
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We can rerun the numbers for all 180 playoff quarterbacks, comparing each QB’s actual record against the simulated one achieved by replacement-level QBs against the same schedule. By this measure, Peyton Manning moves up to 28th on the postseason list; there’s only about a 10 percent chance that a replacement-level QB could have equalled or bettered his 11-13 record.
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"Brady at 6, Manning way down at 28" part, though.
Hootie gotta Hootie.