Friday, January 24, 2014

If Peyton Manning threw as much as Russell Wilson...

Peyton Manning is undoubtedly one of the greatest quarterbacks ever; he thus gets to throw the ball a lot.  In the 2012 and 2013 regular season, Manning had 1,242 pass attempts.

Russell Wilson is a top quarterback as well.  However, he plays for a run-dominant offense, and throws the ball far less often, having only 800 regular season pass attempts the past two years.

What if Peyton Manning only were only allowed to throw the ball 800 times in the last two years?

I scaled Peyton Manning's passing statistics to 800 attempts, so that Manning's and Wilson's passing statistics can be directly compared.  The results are very similar...


And keep in mind, Russell Wilson is only two years into his career...