re: Returning SEC QBs : 2018 Passer Rating vs End of Year AP Top 25 Teams

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lol. Don't be like the AU fans that try to pass off the SECCG by saying kerryon was hurt. Tua was clearly fine enough to be playing in that game, and his own lineman injured him to put him out of the game. Bama fans just aren't used to seeing tua get disprected like we did and like clemson would do a few games later.

I'm surprised you of all people would try to skew stats in one direction because of bias.

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Oh it's not an excuse - and it wasn't all his leg, but his accuracy was clearly worse in that game - and the aftermath showed he was fricked up during the game.

Compare the zip and accuracy in that game to every other game he has played in his career. It's not even close. I've never seen him miss that many easy throws 7 feet over a guy and 3 feet in front in the turf.

And again, compare the UGA game to the Clemson game. Like, not even close. He was MUCH better against Clemson than he was against UGA. Did he make some mistakes? Yes. But he wasn't ineffective. He was ineffective against UGA.

I mean compare the stats

10/25 (40%)
164 yards (6.6 YPA)
1 TD/2 INT

22/34 (65%)
295 yards (8.7 YPA)
2 TD/2 INT

One is not at all like the other.


And again - if we had lost, the idea that the "QB being hurt" would be an excuse would be laughable nonsense. That's football. It wouldn't be at all. There would be no "well if Tua was 100%" from me, I guarantee that.

But if we are looking at performance and then using it to look forward and predict future performance, I think it is an oddity. He made bad decisions that were harbinger's for the future, but a lot of the missed throws were just..........they were the only times I've ever seen him miss throws like that. So it is what it is.