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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Completion% /= accuracy.
It's a fair proxy, but Smith's % improved because he understood timing/rhythm in the offense and became more conservative. He's no more capable of routinely putting the ball in a bucket than he ever was, he just chooses easier/smarter buckets to throw it at.
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Whatever the reason he is flourishing under reid's system and he wasnt prior, except for in his last year with SF, which was only partial season and a statistical outlier.
I think you're stretching/reaching with your explanation and I absolutely think the system makes all the difference...alex smith is a good example of that as is Foles because you can look at his work with the right system for him in Philly versus his work with the Rams and its another example...
In any case its a minor point , but as completion % is the best measure of accuracy that we have currently....its clear to see that going from 59% to 64% is indeed a huge improvement in accuracy