Total QBR

CW avg. lower the better.

i don't know. You may be right, who gives a crap about espn's qbr.

ESPN QBR is about as valid as the Better Home and Gardens QBR which is only slightly better than the Vogue Magazine QBR.

The CptRusty QBR gives Brees a score of eleventy-billion, and Rodgers only 10 hundred thousandths.

Brees is obviously superior, although I must admit his numbers are inflated by his unparalleled Who-Dattitude.

This makes no sense. And I am kind of surprised by the huge gap between Brees and ESPN God Brady.

ETA: I noticed Schaubs low Total EPA but high QBR and realized they must divide EPA by ACT Plays in some fashion.

A rough calculation shows that:
Rodgers-0.1715
Brees-0.1793
Brady-0.1453

Ok, so this explains the gap between Brees and Brady but Brees should be higher than Rodgers with this logic.

I think I remember some of the pundits pushing this stat at the beginning of the season as the "next big thing" and that it would eventually replace passer rating as THE measure of a QB's performance.

It is very interesting to note that John Skelton rates ahead of Arizona's highly paid offseason acquisition, Kevin Kolb (I never understood all the love for that guy when he had played in a total of seven games or so). He's also ahead of Mark Sanchez (how is this guy still starting?!) and Sam Bradford, big-name 1st rounders making tens of millions more than him. Skelton was a fifth round pick out of Fordham, and his QBR is essentially even with Colt McCoy, the 2nd rounder out of Texas. And remember, he had to come in to relieve Kolb after an injury so he didn't get the benefit of practicing with the first team and all that comes with being the starter during camp.

FYI - Skelton gets paid $500,000 a year. Kolb, the guy he backs up and outplayed this year, gets paid $12 million a year. Other fun numbers: Sanchez gets a little over $10 million a year and Bradford $12.5 million a year. Colt McCoy only makes $1.2 million a year.

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Have they offered you a job as an "analyst" yet? Maybe therapist? Analrapist?

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No. I was unable to say the words "Tebow" or "Cowboys" enough times in one hour to satisfy their minimum quota. After the Tony Romo suck-a-thon (simulated of course) my throat and jaw were rather fatigued

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ETA: I noticed Schaubs low Total EPA but high QBR and realized they must divide EPA by ACT Plays in some fashion

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I also assumed the total and actual had to be the key component here, but didn't take the time to do the math. There system makes even less sense now!

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For the Record, the QBR gives a more narrow gap of 85.2 and 84.0 than the other passer rating does of 122.5 and 110.6.

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And rightfully so. Rodgers had basically the same TDs and less than half the INTs that Brees did.

He also had a better YPA, better TDs/Attempt, and better INTs/Attepmt.

Brees got more yards entirely based on the volume of passes he threw:

Rodgers = 33.5 attempts/game
Brees = 41.1 attemps/game

That means Brees threw nearly 23% more passes per game. You'd think he'd put up better yards than Rodgers.

Rodgers has been a better passer all season and deserves the accolades. Both are the MVP in my opinion, but trying to act like Brees was a better QB than Rodgers this year is absurd.