I can't recall what I was watching, but they recounted Nick Foles 27 TD and 2 INT season as MVP-like. That got me thinking because it wasn't the first time I heard that while watching an Eagles game. My thought was, didn't Rodgers put up similar numbers and we're saying he's had a poor year.

These seem quite similar.

2013 Foles 
[list]

games 13 (started 10)

att 317

comp 203

comp% 64.0

yards 2,891

td 27

int 2[/list]

2018 Rodgers 
[list]

games 16

att 597

comp 372

comp% 62.3

yards 4,442 (2nd highest in his career)

td 25

[*]int 2[/list]

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2013 Foles:
[list]

Touchdown percentage: 8.5

Interception percentage: 0.6

Yards per attempt: 9.1

Yards per game: 222.4[/list]

2018 Rodgers:
[list]

Touchdown percentage: 4.2

Interception percentage: 0.3

Yards per attempt: 7.4

Yards per game: 277.6[/list]

As far as I'm concerned, Foles had the much better season. I'd cheerfully trade the extra 55.2 passing yards per game for double the touchdown percentage and the spectacular yards-per-attempt average. Yes, Foles had the higher interception percentage, but 0.6 percent is still pretty phenomenal. I think the historical league average is somewhere between 3 and 4 percent. At turnover ratios that low, you quickly run into diminishing returns in terms of winning games.

But I'm very big on efficiency statistics and not so much impressed by raw numbers.

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QB touchdown rate is a stupid stat. Lets compare team touchdown per drive rate instead for a true comparison. I don't care if it takes 10 passes per drive to get a touchdown instead of 5 as long as we're still getting the touchdown. It's actually probably better to take 10 because it gives the D more time to rest. So we should probably look at time of possession as well.

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