Manning (2004) vs. Brady (2007) actual playing time

[upstater1]

Re: Manning (2004) vs Brady (2007) actual playing time

Why on earth would anyone count playing time as anything meaningful???


If 2 QB's take a snap, and one takes a quick drop and throws a pass for a 10 yd completion, his playing time for that particular play might be 4 seconds.

Whereas if the second QB takes the snap, doesn't see anything at first and rolls out towards the sidelines to avoid a pass rush and then throws a 10 yard pass, his playing time on that play might be 8 seconds.

Double the first guys even though they both produced the exact same result.

Not to mention that a QB could hand the ball off at the 10 yard line and have his RB run 90 yds and he'd be credited with the 'playing time' on the entire run.

The point is playing time is essentially meaningless in this comparison.

You're talking 30 minutes difference, or less than 2 minutes per game.

If you want to compare stats, number of attempts is more important because it means Brady had to throw the ball more to get to where he was than Manning did. Check the post made in Ian's other thread regarding touchdown %. Mannings was higher, and if you were to push Mannings attempts to match Brady's, he'd have had 57 TDs based on his TD %. Now obviously no one can ever say that would be a guarantee, but its pretty safe to say that had Manning stayed in and played til the end of the season and taken all those extra attempts, he probably would've hit at least 51 or 52, and 50 wouldve been almost a guarantee.

I can agree playing time is meaningless, but so is attempts, etc. A west coast offense uses the pass to essentially substitute running plays, so a WR screen counts as a pass.

Ignore it all, I say.

The only reason this entire argument came up is that people accused the Patriots of keeping Brady in the game to run up he score even though he came out of the game with more than a quarter to go multiple times.

For that reason alone, these comparisons with Manning were made.

Brady has the single best QB season in history under his belt, the best ever.