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you make great points but the implication that you win by getting certain stats is a poor conclusion. regardless of stats you win by making plays, and making clutch plays. I think its a better correlation that QBs who win have similarities in stats than that QBs with similarities in stats win. I think being a winner more the cause and the stat similarities are more of the effect. Pat of the int difference in Brady and Favre are the positions they put their teams in consistently that cause Favre to take risks and Brady to be in a comfort zone.To my football knowledge, the most important stat of all is INT/ pass attempt, assuming quarterbacks are close in yards/attempt. Touchdown passes are basically just a direct correlation to yards/attempt and how many passes they've attempted. The INTs are the key because show how many mistakes a quarterback makes and assuming you have two guys with around 7 yards per attempt (Brady is actually a little higher than Favre), the INTs are the meat and potatoes. If you look at wins/losses and their correlation to quarterback stats, it's staggering how great interception percentage becomes, right up there, and in fact above completion % and yards/attempt. That's why Josh McDaniels wanted Matt Cassel over Jay Cutler and Kyle Orton over a lot of other choices. If a guy can get you 6.5 per attempt, meaning he is solid if not great, and keep his INT % way down, he is way more valuable than a guy who averages 7.5 per attempt with a high interception percentage, like Favre.
Actually, I doubt there are many stats that you could find that make Favre better than Brady... unless you are talking about longevity, or quantity over quality. And I don't think the Dilfer comparison is fair because one game is a tiny statistical pool of data. When we're talking about Brady and Favre, we are talking about a combined 24 football seasons and over 12,000 passing attempts. I think it's fair to look at some MAJOR differences in quality that can be fairly judged. Neither of these players have been isolated by a single game and these stats account for their entire career, or career in the playoffs, which is still 26 big, crucial games.. Now, if you want to take Dilfer's career stats, I doubt you could make him look that great.