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To: jeffersondem
Completing only 47.6% of his passes while rushing for 50 yards and a TD - no evidence there that he could throw a football.

In the playoff game - Tebow had 316 yards in the air. He owns the NFL record for yards per completion in a playoff game

No, comparing the number at http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/playoffs/player/passing to the game stats - 10/21 for 316 yards - proves that it's yards per ATTEMPT. And since all the leaders are there by virtue of a single long completion (Tebow: 80, Manning: 87, Bradshaw: 73) it's a stat that proves very little about every-down ability - other leaders on the list are luminaries like Jeff Hostetler, Tobin Rote, Steve Fuller, Charlie Conerly, ...

your ability to make broadly incorrect statements with an air of absolute certitude.

The irony is priceless.

33 posted on 06/11/2015 10:11:14 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
“No, comparing the number at http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/playoffs/player/passing to the game stats - 10/21 for 316 yards - proves that it's yards per ATTEMPT. And since all the leaders are there by virtue of a single long completion (Tebow: 80, Manning: 87, Bradshaw: 73) it's a stat that proves very little about every-down ability - other leaders on the list are luminaries like Jeff Hostetler, Tobin Rote, Steve Fuller, Charlie Conerly, ..." There may be information about the playoff game of which you are unaware: The Steelers defense had only given up 6 completions of 30-plus yards all season; Tebow threw 5 in this game. Tebow became the first player to have 4 completions of more than 30 yards in one quarter of a playoff game in the modern era (1960) and the first to do so in any game since Warren Moon did it in 1990. Tebow's 97.3 Total QBR (out of 100)is the second highest in history. Aaron Rodgers has the highest at 98.1. Of course, others have good numbers as well. Tom Brady has a 95.1 (vs Denver in 2012) and Peyton Manning was only 6 points lower than Tebow in the win over San Diego in 2014.
72 posted on 06/11/2015 8:06:11 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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