Comments on Advanced NFL Stats: Drafting QBs

What about the fact that there is only so many pro...

2009-04-10T22:03:00.000-04:00

What about the fact that there is only so many pro bowl slots? The 1980 guys had to compete with the previous years draft classes to earn their first pro bowl slots. What is to say the guys drafted 1975-79 was unnecessarily stronger/weaker than other years?

Nice work!

That's a good idea. Hadn't thought of that.

2008-04-23T11:39:00.000-04:00

That's a good idea. Hadn't thought of that.

I know you have little enough data to work with as...

2008-04-23T11:17:00.000-04:00

I know you have little enough data to work with as it is, but to get a more accurate trend line, wouldn't it be better to discount anomalies by dropping the highest- and lowest-ranked QB's from each categoty?

What about the likelihood of getting to the Super ...

2008-04-20T22:46:00.000-04:00

What about the likelihood of getting to the Super Bowl vice the PB? Or perhaps, the playoffs?

DB-I have a follow-up forthcoming that's based on ...

2008-04-14T09:36:00.000-04:00

DB-I have a follow-up forthcoming that's based on actual passing stats instead of Pro Bowl appearances.

I have "seasons as primary starter" by draft round and pick, but "games started" isn't handy.

This is a really great article - nice work. As you...

2008-04-13T11:02:00.000-04:00

This is a really great article - nice work. As you mentioned, Pro Bowl appearances can be an imperfect measure of how successful a QB has been, because the PB is often a popularity contest, and it's likely that a first-round QB will be more well-known than a later-round QB early in his career. Do you by any chance have the same data by draft round, but using number of QB starts as the measuring stick? Would be curious what that shows. Thanks again.