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The Best Game for ESPN QBR Rating Ever is...

GP : 11/20/2015 2:47 pm
... Charlie Batch's riveting sub-200 yard game with two INTs.
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What am I missing here?  
Mayhap : 11/20/2015 2:52 pm : link
When I go to the all time best games link provided in that article, Charlie Batch is nowhere to be found and a Carson Palmer game from 2009 is the best ever.
Yea, Mayhap  
AJ23 : 11/20/2015 3:01 pm : link
I have no idea either. I see Batch nowhere on that list
It's weird that it's not on the list like the author claims.  
Mad Mike : 11/20/2015 3:03 pm : link
That said, if you look up that game, QBR does give him the same 99.9 score as the other top games ever.
Ah, author explains on Twitter:  
AJ23 : 11/20/2015 3:04 pm : link
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Michael David Smith ‏@MichaelDavSmith 3h3 hours ago
Michael David Smith Retweeted Nathan Jahnke
ESPN still says Charlie Batch had a 99.9 QBR but now says he didn't have enough plays to qualify for Best Game Ever


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Michael David Smith ‏@MichaelDavSmith 4h4 hours ago
ESPN has changed its QBR "All-Time Best Games" page and no longer credits Charlie Batch as No. 1 all-time, following my criticism yesterday.
RE: Ah, author explains on Twitter:  
Joey from GlenCove : 11/20/2015 3:13 pm : link
In comment 12636327 AJ23 said:
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Michael David Smith ‏@MichaelDavSmith 3h3 hours ago
Michael David Smith Retweeted Nathan Jahnke
ESPN still says Charlie Batch had a 99.9 QBR but now says he didn't have enough plays to qualify for Best Game Ever





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Michael David Smith ‏@MichaelDavSmith 4h4 hours ago
ESPN has changed its QBR "All-Time Best Games" page and no longer credits Charlie Batch as No. 1 all-time, following my criticism yesterday.



Its rated a 99.9, so how isn't a the best game ever? What a joke of a stat
Maybe it was a glitch  
sjnyfan : 11/20/2015 3:22 pm : link
because when you look up the remaining two 99.9 games I have no issue with those numbers.

With that said, this is a just another example of why you can only take stats as part of the equation and not gospel. And I'm a stats geek.
RE: Maybe it was a glitch  
Joey from GlenCove : 11/20/2015 3:23 pm : link
In comment 12636399 sjnyfan said:
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because when you look up the remaining two 99.9 games I have no issue with those numbers.

With that said, this is a just another example of why you can only take stats as part of the equation and not gospel. And I'm a stats geek.


No it's a joke, its not a stat, there is an element of art to it.
RE: RE: Ah, author explains on Twitter:  
Mad Mike : 11/20/2015 3:29 pm : link
In comment 12636363 Joey from GlenCove said:
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Its rated a 99.9, so how isn't a the best game ever? What a joke of a stat

As flawed as the stat is, it's hardly unreasonable to have a minimum number of plays for inclusion on the leaderboard. Rankings for just about any rate stat include some kind of minimum.
RE: RE: RE: Ah, author explains on Twitter:  
giants#1 : 11/20/2015 3:50 pm : link
In comment 12636427 Mad Mike said:
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In comment 12636363 Joey from GlenCove said:


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Its rated a 99.9, so how isn't a the best game ever? What a joke of a stat


As flawed as the stat is, it's hardly unreasonable to have a minimum number of plays for inclusion on the leaderboard. Rankings for just about any rate stat include some kind of minimum.


But a QB is in on every play. If the D shows an all out blitz and the QB audibles to a run, and the RB takes it 80 yards for the TD, should the QB be penalized for that?

Stats shouldn't have subjective portions to them. And if you're going to review tape so QBs don't get penalized for drops, then you have to do the opposite and penalize them for drop INTs. But again, that's partially subjective.
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