re: Burrow's every throw and run from 1st half of 2018 season

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Because you're disregarding passing TDs because it's not totally on QB. Well so are all of the other stats you're using in your comparison

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if lsu calls fewer pass plays in the rz, then burrow doesn't even have the OPPORTUNITY to make a good throw. That would artificially reduce his td passes. Moreover, Haskins is asked to throw an inordinately higher number of high percentage passes which artificially inflates his completion %.

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What if they call fewer pass plays period in the game from every spot on the field?

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already covered that. haskins was asked to throw more screens than pretty much everyone. he had more yardage from screens than any other p5 qb.

total passes
haskins - 496
burrow - 379

so haskins had significantly more opportunities than burrow yet, burrow still basically equaled haskins in completions of 25 yards or more.

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Why is it just the redzone?

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because that's where the vast majority of td passes happen, not outside the rz

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What if one player doesn't have as good of an OL and has to run more than the other?

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yep. this was an advantage for haskins for sure.

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Doesn't that affect the rushing stats the same way you're saying that the completion percentage would be affected?

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absolutely. burrow's team didn't throw nearly as much so burrow didn't have the chance to equal haskins' completion %, yardage, td passes, etc.

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Unless he's not a good QB

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there's no question that throwing more often behind/near the l.o.s. is going to increase completion %, regardless of how good the qb is.

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Again, the logic you're applying to redzone TDs can be applied to every individual QB statistic

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not exactly