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Passer Rating Flaws

The biggest criticism of passer rating is that it is too simple of a stat that fails to take into account more the full scope of a quarterbacks contributions to the team's performance. For example, the equation does not take into account a quarterbacks rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, sacks, or fumbles.

Due to new rules that favor NFL offenses, such as targeting and roughing the passer penalties, an increase in the number of games, most recently in 1978, and teams opting to pass more than ever, almost all of the passer rating leaders are quarterbacks from the past two decades. Steve Young and Joe Montana are the only two quarterbacks whose careers ended prior to 2000 and are among the top 25 passer rating's in NFL history.

Therefore, passer rating is not a valid stat when comparing quarterbacks from two different eras. However, within an era and season itself passer rating is a much more accurate and reliable stat to measure the true effectiveness of a quarterback

Average passer rating by year: http://www.footballperspective.com/adjusting-passer-rating-for-era-updated-2019-career-ratings/

Career passer rating leaders: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_rating_career.htm

Passer rating flaws: https://www.pff.com/news/stat-sheet-misconceptions-passer-rating ... https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/kirk-cousins-is-not-better-than-joe-montana-so-lets-fix-passer-rating/

Passer rating v. QBR: https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/123701/how-is-total-qbr-calculated-we-explain-our-quarterback-rating ... https://bleacherreport.com/articles/794684-total-quarterback-rating-vs-passer-rating-which-is-more-accurate-for-the-nfl