By the Numbers

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Patrick Ramsey had a QB rating of about 74, threw for 3,703 yards, completed about 52% of his passes, averaged 6.55 yards per attempt, threw 52 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 23 TDs and 17 INTs (2 of which were hail mary passes that Ramsey threw in relief for the starting QB).

David Carr had a QB rating of 62.8, threw for 2,592 yards, completed 52% of his passes, averaged 5.84 yards per attempt, threw 31 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 9 TDs and 15 INTs.

Brett Favre had a QB rating of 72.2, threw for 3,303 yards, completed 60% of his passes, averaged 6.33 yards per attempt, threw 37 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 19 TDs and 24 INTs.


Joey Harrington had a QB rating of 59.9, threw for 2,294 yards, completed 50% of his passes, averaged 5.35 yards per attempt, threw 28 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 12 TDs and 16 INTs.


Byron Leftwich had a QB rating of 73, threw for 2,819 yards, completed 57% of his passes, averaged 6.74 yards per attempt, threw 33 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 14 TDs and 16 INTs.


Peyton Manning had a QB rating of 71.2, threw for 3,739 yards, completed 57% of his passes, averaged 6.5 yards per attempt, and threw 42 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 26 TDs and 28 INTs.

Steve McNair had a QB rating of 70, threw for 2,665 yars, completed 52% of his passes, averaged 6.42 yards per attempt, threw 36 passes of 20+ yards, and threw 14 TDs and 13 INTs.


Ramsey's stats look pretty good to me, especially when you consider who I've stacked him up against. Just thought this might interest some of you who wanted to evaluate Ramsey's first 16 starts compared to other QB's first 16 starts.