tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post6130934647668493554..comments2023-03-23T07:34:12.473-04:00Comments on Advanced NFL Stats Community: Joe's numbers, and the moral of the storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-54476842383708778862011-11-09T00:21:11.357-05:002011-11-09T00:21:11.357-05:00Namath is still really overrated. All because he ...Namath is still really overrated. All because he said "I guarantee we'll win" and then sat back and mostly watched his defense win the game and not get their fair share of credit for it (much like Brady in the Super Bowl win over St. Louis but without the guarantee).Statalyzerhttp://www.tssforum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-88879189080154998372011-10-17T22:54:28.695-04:002011-10-17T22:54:28.695-04:00Jim,
As someone who never watched Namath play, an...Jim,<br /><br />As someone who never watched Namath play, and as someone who intensely dislikes the Jets, I was absolutely one of many that jumped on the "Namath was/is terrible" bandwagon. His numbers looked awful! Absolutely, I was confident that his HoF appearance had to do with that game, and less with his overall performance (I was willing to admit that his performance in that game was stellar). In fact, I was willing to concede that he deserved to be in the Hall of Fame only because winning that game was probably quite important to moving the merger forward, but not because he was a good QB (We can't only induct "Good Rex" into the Hall of Fame, for example).<br /><br />I think this series of posts radically changes my understanding of the argument. Very eye-opening indeed. I'm willing to concede that he was a very good QB. And I'm certainly willing to re-evaluate my understanding of stats from previous eras. A commenter on a previous post indicated that different eras had different "killer stats" and perhaps it'd be interesting to expose those. It's always fascinating to confront assumptions one didn't even know one had.<br /><br />I still hate Joe Namath, though.<br /><br />Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-52334216637449911582011-10-11T23:52:50.499-04:002011-10-11T23:52:50.499-04:00Excellent work!Excellent work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-34591360675991470232011-10-11T09:56:38.988-04:002011-10-11T09:56:38.988-04:00Brilliant set of posts. Really quite important. We...Brilliant set of posts. Really quite important. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204092591876211047.post-11558997064868205922011-10-08T14:38:19.324-04:002011-10-08T14:38:19.324-04:00Great series! I thought it was awesome to look ba...Great series! I thought it was awesome to look back at what stats won in the past. Very nice!Chrisnoreply@blogger.com