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How bad have Tony Romo’s defenses been?
By Marcus Mosher
April 10, 2014 12:45 pm CDT 185 views
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I hate the “Quarterback Wins” stat. Although the quarterback is the most important position in any sport, he is just one of 22 players on the field at a time. He is one person on a 53 man roster. In my opinion, Tony Romo gets far too much blame considering the defenses that he has played with. He is consistently having to overcome a porous defense. So today we are going to look at how Tony Romo’s past defenses compare to other elite quarterbacks in the NFL. Here are the things in the chart that you need to know:
- I took the four major defensive stats (Yards/Game, Points/Game, Red Zone Efficiency, and Turnovers) and listed the team’s rank in each year.
- I also took the QB’s total turnover numbers (interceptions + fumbles) and added them to the end of the chart. The reason being is that I have heard multiple arguments about how Tony Romo turns the ball over so much that he puts his defenses in bad situations, therefore, creating the illusion that they are worse than they really are.
- I then took the average of each stat over all the years that the quarterback started to show what their average defensive rank was in all four categories.
- The years that are highlighted in purple are years in which that team made the playoffs
Got it? So let’s look first at Tony Romo:
http://cover32.com/cowboys/2014/04/10/how-bad-have-tony-romos-defenses-been/
By Marcus Mosher
April 10, 2014 12:45 pm CDT 185 views
no comments
I hate the “Quarterback Wins” stat. Although the quarterback is the most important position in any sport, he is just one of 22 players on the field at a time. He is one person on a 53 man roster. In my opinion, Tony Romo gets far too much blame considering the defenses that he has played with. He is consistently having to overcome a porous defense. So today we are going to look at how Tony Romo’s past defenses compare to other elite quarterbacks in the NFL. Here are the things in the chart that you need to know:
- I took the four major defensive stats (Yards/Game, Points/Game, Red Zone Efficiency, and Turnovers) and listed the team’s rank in each year.
- I also took the QB’s total turnover numbers (interceptions + fumbles) and added them to the end of the chart. The reason being is that I have heard multiple arguments about how Tony Romo turns the ball over so much that he puts his defenses in bad situations, therefore, creating the illusion that they are worse than they really are.
- I then took the average of each stat over all the years that the quarterback started to show what their average defensive rank was in all four categories.
- The years that are highlighted in purple are years in which that team made the playoffs
Got it? So let’s look first at Tony Romo:
http://cover32.com/cowboys/2014/04/10/how-bad-have-tony-romos-defenses-been/
