re: Athlon ranks all the 2017 CFB QB's, 1-130

Stealing Summers stats from another thread

Here are how the QBs perfromed against P5 teams. The bolded number is how Athlon ranked them

Just to get a better idea of performance against decent to good opponents the prior year.

Ranked by QB Rating
1Austin Allen(14), Jr (ARK) - 139.32 (18-13 TD-INT, 58.9%, 8.4 YPA)

2. Jalen Hurts(11), Fr (BAMA) - 135.65 (17-9 TD-INT, 61.8%, 7.3 YPA)

3. Jake Bentley(24), Fr (USC) - 130.52 (4-2 TD-INT, 63.3%, 6.9 YPA)

4. Danny Etling, Jr (63) (LSU) - 129.48 (7-3 TD-INT, 60.3%, 7.4 YPA)

6. Nick Fitzgerald (15), So (MSU) - 117.60 (12-6 TD-INT, 54.1%, 6.1 YPA)


9. Jacob Eason (21), Fr (UGA) - 116.02 (13-6 TD-INT, 54.4%, 6.2 YPA)

10. Kyle Shurmur (48), So (VAN) - 106.86 (6-9 TD-INT, 52.9%, 6.4 YPA)


I think that shows how Etling is being undersold. THey simply saw LSU qb and ranked him low

Vs "ranked" opponents (I think time of game)

1. Stephen Johnson (3 games) - 149.13
2. Austin Allen (4 games) - 129.31
3. Jake Bentley (3 games) - 121.51
4. Jalen Hurts (6 games) - 119.16
5. Sean White (3 games) - 114.66
6. Danny Etling (4 games) - 109.43
7. Jacob Eason (2 games) - 105.92
8. Kyle Shurmur (2 games) - 94.67
9. Nick Fitzgerald (3 games) - 86.88
10. Drew Lock (3 games) - 77.47

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2. Austin Allen (14) (4 games) - 129.31
3. Jake Bentley (24) (3 games) - 121.51
4. Jalen Hurts (11) (6 games) - 119.16

6. Danny Etling (63) (4 games) - 109.43
7. Jacob Eason (21) (2 games) - 105.92
8. Kyle Shurmur (48) (2 games) - 94.67
9. Nick Fitzgerald (15) (3 games) - 86.88
10. Drew Lock (35) (3 games) - 77.47

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Ok, same story applies

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Ok, same story applies

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I do think it's crazy for Etling to be at 63 and Shurmur to be at 48.

Etling should be around 40-45 near Lock and Shurmur should be in the 50s. Eason probably around 25-30. IMHO.

How he got a 4th * I'll never know.

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I still think you're off base.

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He is 20-40 spots behind multiple players he performed better than last year

I understand ranking them in the order george has, but to be that much gap between them is clearly Athlon not actually reviewing the data.

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He is 20-40 spots behind multiple players he performed better than last year

I understand ranking them in the order george has, but to be that much gap between them is clearly Athlon not actually reviewing the data.

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Ah, I missed your point. I thought you were trying to say that Etling was better than Eason. My mistake.

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I think if you put Eason and Etling on the same team, you would see that Eason is in fact at least 20 spots better.

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So you think Eason would be 43 if he played for LSU instead of the 21 he is now?

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None of them apply simply because I'm perceptive enough to notice other people's posting habits.

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How in the world is Stidham ranked ahead of Austin Allen? Allen and Deshaun Watson were pretty much the only QBs who successfully threw the ball downfield against Bama, arguably the best secondary in the country. I will never understand the media's jerk fest for Auburn's off-season QBs.