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Originally Posted by Mecca
I'll do some overall comparison for you here....
Stafford is also in the SEC playing at Georgia, the conference that is notoriously hard on passers as you mention with Cutler. And comparing Stafford's stats to Cutler's stats at the same time in their careers, they are eerily similar. Cutler's completion percentage through 2 seasons was a stellar 53.8%. He barely hit 7.0 in yards per attempt, and he had a 28:22 TD:INT ratio. Compared to Stafford who has a career completion percentage of 54.5%, 7.0 ypa, 26:23 TD:INT ratio. Palmer, through 2 full seasons, (using the same line) was 55.1/7.18/23:24.
Jay Cutler was at the fringe of 60 both of his years as a starter at Vanderbilt--61% in '04 and 59.1% in '05. Peyton Manning also barely made a 60% completion percentage his senior year at 60.37%. McNabb was at 60.9% his senior year, Eli Manning was at 58%, Palmer was at 58% in 2001 and 54.9% in 2000.
The last part is for people who harp on the completion %.
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Stafford got sacked three more times than Bradford last year.
Stat lines for 2007:
Bradford 69.5% completion on 341 attempts, 36 TDs 8 Ints
Stafford 55.7% completion on 348 attempts, 19 TDs 10 Ints
Stafford has been sacked 6 times thusfar this year and Bradford none.
Stat lines for 2008:
Bradford 79% completion on 81 attempts, 12 TDs 2 Ints
Stafford 60.8% completion on 102 attempts, 5 TDs 0 Ints