QUARTERBACKS

Quarterbacks have three sections to their cards, and each is handled separately. First,
PASSING which details Quick, Short and Long.
Use the ACTUAL percentage completed as the guideline and rate THREE
quarterbacks on each team. There is some judgment value to be made as an example, a
known short passer such as Dan Fouts will have his exact percentage for quick and short
but the long can be reduced by several numbers. This is only obtained through first hand
knowledge, figure out the average yards per completion for passers dividing yards
passed for by completions. This gives an overview of who throws downfield and who
does not.

PERCENT
14%
16%
19%
22%
25%
28%
31%
34%
37%
40%
43%
46%
49%
52%
55%
57%
60%
62%
63%
64%
66%
ABOVE

QUICK
1-15
1-16
1-18
1-19
1-20
1-21
1-23
1-24
1-26
1-27
1-30
1-31
1-32
1-33
1-34
1-35
1-36
1-37
1-38
1-39
1-40
1-41

SHORT
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-11
1-12
1-13
1-15
1-16
1-18
1-19
1-21
1-23
1-24
1-25
1-26
1-27
1-28
1-29
1-30
1-31
1-32
1-33

LONG
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
1-11
1-12
1-13
1-14
1-15
1-16
1-17
1-18
1-19
1-20
1-21
1-22
1-23
1-22
1-23

Percentage intercepted is the actual, applied to the chart, and the numbers that fall outside
of Complete and Intercept are given to Incomplete.
PERCENT
0%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
11%
12%
ABOVE

QUICK

SHORT

48
48
48
47-48
47-48
47-48
47-48
46-48
46-48
45-48

48
48
47-48
46-48
46-48
45-48
45-48
44-48
44-48
43-48
42-48
42-48

LONG
48
47-48
46-48
45-48
44-48
43-48
42-48
41-48
40-48
39-48
38-48
37-48
36-48

Pass rush, at the bottom of the card, contains a reading on SACK, RUNS,
COMPLETE and INCOMPLETE. Begin with the SACK table and get the percentage of
time that the teams QB was sacked. Divide sacks by sacks + passes attempted for the
team. Apply the percent to the table and write in the rating. The RUN begins where
sacks ends and always goes to an ending of 30. Next, using the completion percentage,
again write in the rating from 31 to ?, and any remaining numbers (to 48) will be
incomplete.
SACK %
20%
19%
18%
17%
16%
15%
14%
13%
12%
11%

RANGE
1-24
1-23
1-22
1-21
1-20
1-19
1-18
1-17
1-16
1-15

SACK %
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%

RANGE
1-14
1-13
1-12
1-11
1-10
1-9
1-8
1-7
1-6
1-5

%COMP RANGE
43%
31-38
44%
31-39
45%
31-39
46%
31-39
47%
31-39
48%
31-40
49%
31-40
50%
31-40

%COMP RANGE
51%
31-40
52%
31-40
53%
31-41
54%
31-41
55%
31-41
56%
31-41
57%
31-41
58%
31-42

%COMP
59%
60%
61%
62%
63%
64%
65%
66%
ABOVE

RANGE
31-42
31-42
31-42
31-42
31-43
31-43
31-43
31-43
31-44

In doing quarterbacks, you rate them A, B or C at the top of the card which is
based on usage. A is the primary starter who goes every game; B is the backup who plays
when A is hurt or far ahead, and C is the guy in the wings. Sometimes, teams use two
quarterbacks and equal amount of time, and each would be an A. If three used equally,
make them all A.
When a team does have an A, B and C bend the stats a little to make sure that A has
better numbers than either B or C.
Quarterback Rushing is the same as with running backs, and is explained in the
rushing section.