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ESPN ranks Jimmy Garoppolo as the 4th-worst QB in the playoffs

ESPN did an exercise where they went through each team and ranked the quarterbacks left in the playoffs. Seth Walder, the author who wrote the article, said he relied on a variety of advanced metrics and considered each QB in a vacuum. Some of the stats he cited were Total QBR, EPA, completion percentage over expectation, and ESPN’s predictive QB EPA rating — with a dash of his own judgment.

I try and stay away from quarterback stats for numerous reasons. First, stats don’t tell the whole story. We know that. It’s exaggerated when it comes to quarterbacks.