In high school, Tim Boyle threw an INT once every 24 attempts. At UConn he threw an INT every 21 attempts. At Eastern Kentucky he threw an INT every 15 attempts. And in the NFL he’s thrown an INT every 13 attempts.
Tim Boyle has a 7.5% INT rate in the NFL. (League average is around 2.3%.) And he had a 4.7% INT rate in college.
How does someone like this make it to the NFL, much less as the preferred backup that is now starting?
Why is this even a question?
If the market’s price to get your car washed is $20 and I swoop in with a price of $10, by the law of supply and demand, I am still going to get work regardless of the quality.
Boyle hasn’t signed a contract more than 4 million yet since being in the league and a back up that you can sign for the league minimum is something teams may always take advantage of.
I’ve heard stories from the Patriots draft room about Bill ignoring scouts and drafting who college buddies tell him to. He probably had a coach with ties to the NFL and was able to get in that way. If you buddy up with the starting QB or with the coaches, you will be in the league for a while. If you have enough connections, you can make it to the league. He probably also did some things in camp, which made it easier to keep him.
It’s a valid question, pretty wild stats. He’s prob a good dude or whatever but yikes. Seems like he’s on the coaching fast track, good for him.
The real weird thing to me is why aren’t they starting Siemian? I mean he’s not good either but he’s got quite a bit of NFL starting experience at least.