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Originally Posted by Buster
Anderson has actually put up good numbers at one point in his career, with the Browns.
Leinart has been HORRIBLE in every chance he's gotten, with weapons like Fitz and Boldin...on a team where his replacement took the team to the Super Bowl.
No, Anderson didn't deserve that huge contract from Cleveland after one good year, but he was better than Brady Quinn (who isn't?) and he's better than Leinart too.
Anderson: 2007 - 3,787 yds, 29 TDs, 19 INTs, 3 rushing TDs, 82.5 rating
Career = 46 TDs, 45 INTs
Leinart's best year: 2006 - 2,547 tds, 11 TDs, 12 INTs, 2 rushing TDs, 74.0 rating
Career = 14 TDs, 20 INTs
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If you're going to use stats, you do have to be responsible enough to not decide your argument before you go to them. I haven't looked, but I'm guessing -- just a "hunch" -- that the reason that you gave us full developmental year totals, but stopped at career TD/INT rate wasn't because lunch was getting cold. I'm guessing its because, career, Leinart either compares favorably to or just embarrasses Derek Anderson.
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checks PFR
All numbers career:
Completion percentage
Leinart -- 57%
Anderson -- 53%
QB Rating
Leinart -- 70.8
Anderson -- 69.7
Sack Rate
Anderson -- 4.1% (probably the one thing Anderson does really well)
Leinart -- 4.6%
Interception Rate
Leinart -- 3.4%
Anderson -- 4.1%
TD Rate
Anderson -- 4.1%
Leinart -- 2.4%
Yards Per Attempt
Leinart -- 6.5
Anderson -- 6.4
Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt
Leinart -- 4.9
Anderson -- 4.9
Clearly, at best, they are equals of each other, and there's no argument based on past evidence to suggest Anderson is better (perhaps that Cardinals O>Browns O, but even that, I mean don't forget about how bad Denny Green's Cards teams were). Leinart leads in all categories that are statistically stable, with the exception of sack rate.
But it's not like Leinart is taking a ton of sacks, he's actually above average if not as good as Anderson. Problem is, when Anderson does throw the ball, bad things tend to happen.