Why I Never Want The Chiefs To Take A QB In Round 1

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

You took the position that Tannehill's draft position is not related to production. I'm just showing that his production in his first year as a starter was similar, and if not at times better, than the QBs being taken before him and/or projected before him.

By performance, I mean performance in games against quality opponents.

And it would be 2nd year as a starter, since he started half of 2010. In which case the comparison would be:

Player.....Compl %......Yards........Avg.......TD.......INT
Tannehill....61.7.........3744........7.1....29-15
Luck.........70.7.........3338........8.9.....32-8
Griffin.......67.0..........3501........7.7.....22-8
Barkley.....59.9..........2791.......7.4......26-12

You could also go with final year as a starter, which would be:
Player.....Compl %......Yards........Avg.......TD.......INT
Tannehill....61.7.........3744........7.1....29-15
Luck.........71.3.........3517........8.7.....37-10
Griffin.......72.7..........4293........10.7.....37-6
Barkley.....69.1..........3528.......7.9......39-7

Point being stats can be manipulated in basically any way you want.

Really, though, it's kind of silly to try to justify a subjective opinion objectively. I just don't think the odds are very good that the guy's going to be a franchise player. I think he's closer to the calibre of player you'd normally see drafted somewhere between the late 1st and early 3rd. I think his value's inflated because of the lack of quality QB candidates this year. As I've said probably 384724 times so far. My opinion on that is not going to change. And that's all it is...my opinion.