QBER/Week 3: Schaub Rates As Best Little Quarterback in Texas
Published on: 1st October, 2009
(QBER is short for Quarterback Efficiency Rating, a more comprehensive and easily understood rating system that places the emphasis where it belongs—the ability of a quarterback to advance the ball, avoid turnovers and score touchdowns in comparison to his peers. A rating of 100.0 is average.) Tony Romo may get the hype, but ...QBER/Week 2: Manning, Schaub Move Up, Romo Tumbles
Published on: 24th September, 2009
(QBER is short for Quarterback Efficiency Rating, a more comprehensive and easily understood system 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 ...Steelers Report Card/Week 2: Champs Must Face Bear Facts
Published on: 21st September, 2009
Here’s what I got out of the Steelers’ 17-14 defeat on Sunday afternoon: 1. There are good losses and not-so-good losses. And then there is the kind that the Steelers had against a very beatable Chicago Bears team. If you’re the defending Super Bowl champions, then this shouldn’t happen. Except for the absence ...New QB rating system has Brees, Romo, McNabb on top
Published on: 17th September, 2009
Everyone from coaches to players to fantasy league geeks make a point to check out the NFL quarterback ratings each week. And more times than not, they find it difficult to tell up from down, good from bad. Meet the NFL passer rating system, which is the most maligned, least understood ...Bears Circle Wagons Around General Cutler in Battle of Little Bigscorn
Published on: 16th September, 2009
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Two days after NFL Network analyst Mike Martz said that Jay Cutler “just doesn’t get it,” and broadcast partner Jim Mora suggested that he “acted like he didn’t even care,” the Bears' beleaguered quarterback dismissed the critiques as part of his job description. “I heard briefly about ...Steelers MAQB: Could Be Time for That Super ’70s Show
Published on: 7th September, 2009
Goin’ deep while I wonder how much John Madden really liked his final game as a broadcaster. First down If the Steelers don’t win at least 12 games in the regular season, then Arlen Specter will call for an investigation. This team has the potential to be the best since the Super '70s, in fact. It has ...Steelers Report Card: Able, Willing, Ready
Published on: 4th September, 2009
Even some football people will tell you not to take the preseason too seriously. For the majority of teams, that may be true. Not so much if you're the Steelers, though. Three years ago, the defending champs were down this same road, and we know what happened. They started the season with too many injuries, too many ...Steelers Report Card: The ’09 Model Is Built to Last
Published on: 30th August, 2009
History tells us that, if anything can sabotage the Steelers in their latest repeat attempt, then it’s most likely to be attitude and/or health problems. So the best news to come out of their impressive 17-0 shutout of the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night is this: Complacency does not appear to ...Old Foe Favre Is Least of Bears Concerns
Published on: 20th August, 2009
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – News that Brett Favre had signed with the Minnesota Vikings was greeted with indifference in Bears camp on Tuesday; so much so that one would have thought Sean Salisbury had come out of retirement instead. The consensus among players and coaches was that the Vikings would be ...No Con: Mr. Hanie Is Real Deal in Bears Quarterback Derby
Published on: 18th August, 2009
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – As expected, a Bears quarterback opened eyes in the preseason opener on Saturday night. What nobody predicted was that Jay Cutler wouldn’t be the one. The quarterback was Caleb Hanie, who wants people to know that any similarities beyond their position and team designation are strictly coincidental. “He’s ...Featured Sponsors
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