Much ink has spilt discussing whether Favre really was the 4th quarter comeback kid and how well he played in weather under 35 degrees. There has also been considerable discussion as to whether his abilities in these areas declined as he aged. Here's (yet another) perspective to gauge BF's performance with the Packers over time:
Looking at how productive BF was as a leader generating points for his offense over his career:
Pts/Drive = number of points per drive he put his team in a position to generate (it allows for missed FGs and drives that end by the clock)
Year.....Pts/Drive..... Efficiency %
1991.........0...............0
1992.....1.56...........371
1993.....1.66...........383
1994.....1.96...........396
1995.....2.20...........447
1996.....2.22...........449
1997.....2.05...........429
1998.....1.88...........402
1999.....1.72...........363
2000.....1.75...........394
2001.....1.88...........406
2002.....1.89...........406
2003.....2.28...........422
2004.....2.18...........428
2005.....1.53...........377
2006.....1.39...........343
2007.....2.11...........481
Totals..1.89...........402
The beauty and curse of this statistic is that it boils everything down to points generated per opportunity. It does not consider quality of players that year, injuries, wins/losses (or impact defense, special teams had on those), was he better in the 4th quarter or in cold/hot/indoor/outdoor games, quality of competition, etc.
It simply says "if a QB's job is to move the offense down the field and put them in a position to score points, how did your guy do?".
I guess I see a guy that over 17 years was remarkably consistent in this regard. If you were to take away 2005 and 2006 (which may or may not be fair), I think you could say 'once this guy figured out the game in 1994, he was remarkably consistent in his performance for 14 years; or keeping 05 and 06 in the equation, you'd say '....consistent for 12/14 years").
Given the injuries HE personally had, changes in coaches, new receivers, etc. I'm pretty impressed by his consistency. That's all I got.
Full Version: Did Favre's performance wind down over time?
QUOTE (DaveKenya @ Aug 8 2009, 09:58 PM) 
Much ink has spilt discussing whether Favre really was the 4th quarter comeback kid and how well he played in weather under 35 degrees. There has also been considerable discussion as to whether his abilities in these areas declined as he aged. Here's (yet another) perspective to gauge BF's performance with the Packers over time:
Looking at how productive BF was as a leader generating points for his offense over his career:
Pts/Drive = number of points per drive he put his team in a position to generate (it allows for missed FGs and drives that end by the clock)
Year.....Pts/Drive..... Efficiency %
1991.........0...............0
1992.....1.56...........371
1993.....1.66...........383
1994.....1.96...........396
1995.....2.20...........447
1996.....2.22...........449
1997.....2.05...........429
1998.....1.88...........402
1999.....1.72...........363
2000.....1.75...........394
2001.....1.88...........406
2002.....1.89...........406
2003.....2.28...........422
2004.....2.18...........428
2005.....1.53...........377
2006.....1.39...........343
2007.....2.11...........481
Totals..1.89...........402
The beauty and curse of this statistic is that it boils everything down to points generated per opportunity. It does not consider quality of players that year, injuries, wins/losses (or impact defense, special teams had on those), was he better in the 4th quarter or in cold/hot/indoor/outdoor games, quality of competition, etc.
It simply says "if a QB's job is to move the offense down the field and put them in a position to score points, how did your guy do?".
I guess I see a guy that over 17 years was remarkably consistent in this regard. If you were to take away 2005 and 2006 (which may or may not be fair), I think you could say 'once this guy figured out the game in 1994, he was remarkably consistent in his performance for 14 years; or keeping 05 and 06 in the equation, you'd say '....consistent for 12/14 years").
Given the injuries HE personally had, changes in coaches, new receivers, etc. I'm pretty impressed by his consistency. That's all I got.
Looking at how productive BF was as a leader generating points for his offense over his career:
Pts/Drive = number of points per drive he put his team in a position to generate (it allows for missed FGs and drives that end by the clock)
Year.....Pts/Drive..... Efficiency %
1991.........0...............0
1992.....1.56...........371
1993.....1.66...........383
1994.....1.96...........396
1995.....2.20...........447
1996.....2.22...........449
1997.....2.05...........429
1998.....1.88...........402
1999.....1.72...........363
2000.....1.75...........394
2001.....1.88...........406
2002.....1.89...........406
2003.....2.28...........422
2004.....2.18...........428
2005.....1.53...........377
2006.....1.39...........343
2007.....2.11...........481
Totals..1.89...........402
The beauty and curse of this statistic is that it boils everything down to points generated per opportunity. It does not consider quality of players that year, injuries, wins/losses (or impact defense, special teams had on those), was he better in the 4th quarter or in cold/hot/indoor/outdoor games, quality of competition, etc.
It simply says "if a QB's job is to move the offense down the field and put them in a position to score points, how did your guy do?".
I guess I see a guy that over 17 years was remarkably consistent in this regard. If you were to take away 2005 and 2006 (which may or may not be fair), I think you could say 'once this guy figured out the game in 1994, he was remarkably consistent in his performance for 14 years; or keeping 05 and 06 in the equation, you'd say '....consistent for 12/14 years").
Given the injuries HE personally had, changes in coaches, new receivers, etc. I'm pretty impressed by his consistency. That's all I got.
Hey dave,
What were A Rod's #'s for last year??
Thanks.
Go Pack!!
Hmmmm, that Brett guy was pretty good! I bet he goes to the HOF!
Nice work. Just curius as to how other QB's did under the same conditions.
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