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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
He has one less game than everyone on that list. Rate stats, man!!
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Not everyone...Palmer has 4 games as well.
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Here's the lowdown on Garrard: 7.8 Y/A on 67% completion. He's got no picks in over 100 attempts. That's why if the season ended today, he'd be in the probowl.
The season doesn't end today, but Garrard is still having a damn good season.
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Well, considering in the past 9 seasons, here is the break down on how many QB's have been sent to the pro bowl from the AFC:
1998- 3
1999- 3
2000- 4
2001- 3
2002- 3
2003- 3
2004- 3
2005- 5
2006- 3
So as you can see, they send 3 QB's from the AFC most of the time. No way is he having a better season than Brady and Manning (that is not debatable), so Garrard would have to beat out Palmer and Roethlisberger for that last spot. (he should be able to beat out Anderson, so I'll just drop him out now, but if he continues his hot hand, he'll have to come back in) Do you really think Garrard's 1 td per game average is enough to beat out those two? Big ben is averaging just under 2 tds per game, and a +6 TD to INT ratio, and Palmer has a 2.5 td per game average with a +4 td to int ratio (same amount of games and butt load more tds and passing yards.) So while I do agree Garrard is looking decent, he is not a pro bowler just yet. He would be my 5th choice in AFC. Not to mention the pro bowl is a popularity contest and Palmer and Big Ben have much better well known names.
Garrard is on pace for 16 td's, I can't think of anyone in recent memory (Minus Vick) that has made the pro bowl with only 16 tds over the course of the season.
So while I understand your comments for lifting Garrard up, don't lift him up too high. He deserves to be ranked around #5 or so in the AFC, but that doesn't make him a pro bowler.