TLDR: Lamar is still an elite passer because the way the nfl ranks passing offenses is terrible.
This ranking and qb stats in general piss me off to no end. These rankings use yards per game, pass attempts, and tds. Those stats depend heavily on your offensive system. If you’ve been a ravens for a while you know that we’ve always had a “run the ball and play defense” philosophy so of course we won’t rank high in those stats.
The stats that you should be looking at is passing yards per attempt and completed air yards per attempt (fyi: this stats shows how far a qb throws the ball past the line of scrimmage before it’s caught). When it comes to those stats, the ravens are 5th in the league in yards per attempt and Lamar, on average, throws the football farther than burrow, mahomes, Allen, t-law, and herbert. 5 qbs who people swear are better passers than Lamar.
If you’re interested in the completed air yards stat it’s on the next gen stats website. Passing yards per attempt is on the nfl website.
IDK but attempts seems relevant, Ravens throw 30% less than, KC, Buff and Cincy, that’s enough of a difference to effect ypa, and cay. Maybe it doesn’t matter after a certain number of attempts, I wonder if it’s apples to apples comparison?
It doesn’t matter to me as long as the passing game is effective and the Ws keep stacking up.