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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Or.... Maybe can we finally acknowledge that stats don't always correlate with wins? It's what drives me crazy about people knocking on game managers.
Joe Flacco had a career high in yards. Matt Ryan and Stafford had extremely impressive statistical years. These kinds of QBs, like Eli, Big Ben, and Ryan have proven that they can produce even when they don't get much help. But did anyone stop to think that maybe some of the defensive struggles might be because the QB was throwing too much, instead of managing games?
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He only threw it 35 more times in 2013 than he did in 2012.
In 2012, the Falcons gave up less than 300 points (top 10 scoring defense with John Abraham, Sean Weatherspoon, Brent Grimes, etc)...last year, they gave up almost 450.
There's the difference in wins and losses..that's giving up almost 10 more points per game.
Expecting Matt Ryan to overcome that while losing almost every piece on the offense isn't realistic.
I think he did rally well with what he had to work with.