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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lots of teams are transitioning to young QB's which is playing a role in the mediocrity. The average number of starts for QB's opening up this season was 66.6 this season. From 2015 - 2022 the average number of starts for opening week QB's has largely been in the range of 80-90 starts. This is why passing yards are down from last decade. We knew this would happen with guys like Brady, Brees, Big Ben, Rivers, Ryan, Manning(s), etc all retiring in the past four years as that was kind of a golden era for NFL QB's.
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There's three teams with top 12 picks from this last draft in Chicago, Denver, and Washington currently holding playoff position. You could add in the Falcons and Vikings too...although the rookie QB's from those teams have not played. But those are also teams transitioning to a new QB and be it a vet or rookie there's a transition period. So it's not just number of starts but overall continuity at the position.
Looking like it takes 3-4 weeks for teams to get in sync now with limitations on full pad practices and starters playing less in pre-season. Run funnel defense is also resulting in some really absurd running yards combined with some poor tackling. Hopefully we start seeing some better games now.