QBER/Week 2: Manning, Schaub Move Up, Romo Tumbles

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Published: September 24, 2009

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... that places the emphasis where it belongs—the ability of a quarterback to move the ball, avoid turnovers and score touchdowns in comparison to his peers. A rating of 100.0 is average.)

After sub-par performances in their regular-season openers, Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner started to climb the QBER charts in the second week of the season.

Manning shot up from 15th to fourth overall, while Warner moved from 23rd to 11th among quarterbacks who had taken part in a minimum of 37 pass plays this season, or one-half the league average.

 

A few observations after Week Two

While the NFL formula is generous to third-ranked Brett Favre largely because of his .771 completion percentage—is he the new Chad Pennington?—his QBER is a more reasonable sixth overall. Reason: His 4.1 net yards per pass play ranks near the bottom in the league.

The flip side is Marc Bulger, who has averaged more yards per pass play (4.2) than Favre des...

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