Stidham may be country's best QB

Currently Stidham ranks fourth in all of FBS with a completion percentage of 68.5%. He ranks 11th in the country in passer rating.

Who are the three guys in front of him when it comes to completion pct?

1)Baker Mayfield
2)Mckenzie Milton
3)Jake Browning

In terms of passing defense though who have these three QB's played? Are they padding stats against weaker competition?

1)Baker Mayfield has faced ONE top 25 passing defense all year. That was #15 Ohio St.
2)Mckenzie Milton has faced ZERO top 25 passing defenses
3)Jake Browning has faced ONE top 25 passing defense. That was #8 Wash St.

So in relation to these three guys what has Stidham faced in terms of passing defenses?

Stidham has faced the #4 passing defense - Georgia
Stidham has faced the #6 passing defense - Alabama
Stidham has faced the #9 passing defense - Clemson
Stidham has faced the #13 passing defense - Miss St.
Stidham has faced the #24 passing defense - LSU

Stidham most definitely has faced a MUCH harder gauntlet of defenses than these other guys and that does have an effect statistically on you. These others are not even in the same ballpark! That's 5 passing defenses in the top 25 that Stidham has faced while the other contenders have at most faced 1.

So what about the 10 guys in front of Stidham when it comes to passer rating? Are they playing the same level of passing defenses? The 10 guys are:

1)Baker Mayfield - obviously no.
2)Mckenzie Milton - obviously no.
3)Justin Herbert - Has faced two top 25 passing d's
4)Logan Woodside - zero top 25 passing d's
5)Mason Rudolph - zero top 25 passing d's
6)Drew Lock - Has faced 4 top 25 passing defenses. I'm impressed.
7)Jake Fromm - clearly we saw he wasn't on Stidham's level when Auburn played Georgia earlier, but just in case, no, he hasn't faced as many top 25 passing D's as Stidham
8)JT Barrett - Has faced two top 25 passing defenses
9)Jordan Ta'amu - umm no just no
10)Will Grier - Has faced one top 25 passing defense

11)Stidham has faced 5 top 25 passing defenses.


Based on level of competition I don't see how you could make a reasonable argument for anyone over Stidham. Lock might have a case but no one else is even close.