Popular Post OILERMAN Posted November 26, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 After Sunday's game at Philly Zach Mettenberger has now logged 4 NFL starts, one quarter of an NFL season. He's played 2 road games, 2 home games which also includes a Monday Night Football game in prime time. 3 of the 4 teams have winning records and all 4 had winning records at the time they were played. This is a pretty good mixture of games for a rookie QB to go against in terms of getting the feel for an NFL season. Now that Mettenberger has started 4 games it makes it easier to project his stats for an entire season. In his 4 starts his stats are: 78 of 131 1086 yards 7 TDs and 4 INTs. He's just under 60% completion and is averaging 8.3 yards per pass and has a very solid 91.3 passer rating. Projected over a full season that comes out to 28 TDs 16 INTs and 4344 yards. He's thrown 2 TDs in 3 of the 4 games and hasn't had more INTs than TDs in any start. He's also thrown for 263 yards or more in 3 of the starts and is 1 yard shy of 2 300 yard games. I went back and looked at Vince Young and Jake Locker's entire career to see if either guy had a 4 game stretch that compared to Mettenberger's first four starts. VY actually had a 4 game stretch in 2009 starting in week 12 where he threw for 996 yards 7 TDs and 2 INTs. This was during CJ's 2000 yard season. Locker had the four game start in 2013 where he threw 6 TDs and 0 INTs but he only threw for 721 yards and the team clearly was geared towards running the ball and limiting passes. Those were the only two stretches either guy had that came close to Mettenberger's first four starts over their entire careers. Both guys were in their 3rd season when they put this four game stretch together, had much better run games and better pass protection. It's worth nothing that in Mettenberger's first four starts The Titans as a team ran an average of 17 times for 51 yards at 2.9 yards per pop. The Titans lost their best OL in Roos and both inline blocking TEs as well as Delanie Walker for one of the games. The offense has been constantly penalized and Mettenberger has been under constant pressure. Mettenberger has a higher passer rating than all other rookie QBs, in fact the closest one is 10 full points behind him. Football Outsiders also ranks Mettenberger higher than any other rookie QB this season. After his first four starts while looking at his production, level of competition and supporting cast I'd give Mettenberger an A bordering on an A+.Click here to view the article Mettamucil, TitansGuru, TitanJoe, and 11 others 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE75 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Can't wait until Mett has a good offensive line blocking for him,a punishing running game and a defense that improves enough to rank among the top ten defenses in the league. When this does happen i think Mett will lead us back to being one of the top teams in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Great write up, good to see comparisons of Jake and VY and i didnt know Mett has a 10 point higher QB rating over the other rookie QBs, thats not a fluke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N/A Posted November 26, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 What a joke. If you remove all of his TD passes and any pass over 15 yards, he is the worst rookie QB by far. Quit being so bias. pat, NashvilleNinja, OILERMAN, and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanstattoo25 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Never seen OMan so positive on a Titans player, he must be legit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Never seen OMan so positive on a Titans player, he must be legit! He still has a lot to prove and needs to work on some weak areas but considering the spot he's been put in it's hard to imagine doing much better than this Omar 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Oman not hiding his mettenboner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 When comparing Mettenberger to other rookies you have to discount his results a lot. He is making line adjustments and changing plays. Those other rookies are not doing that. That gives Mettenberger an unfair advantage when comparing him to them. By making those adjustments he is putting his offense in the best situation to do well. That amplifies his results compared to them simply going out and running whatever play is called and a lineman making adjustments. What you should really do is compare Mettenberger to the 7 or 8 QBs in the NFL who also do those things, then, since the rookies are not, then compare how Mettenberger compares to those real peers of him to the other rookies. When you do that Mettenberger is probably average to below against the other top 8 QBs who do those things. Then when you bring that ranking back to his rookies peers, his average to below makes 2 or 3 of the rookies better than him now. ChemEngr79, and IsntLifeFunny 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I really like the 8.3 YPA. In Locker's 4 games at the start of 2013, he only averaged 6.5 YPA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I really like the 8.3 YPA. In Locker's 4 games at the start of 2013, he only averaged 6.5 YPA. Its mostly Delanie and then Hunter whos helping out with good ypa. Wright to me doest fit this offense too well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos27 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Its mostly Delanie and then Hunter whos helping out with good ypa. Wright to me doest fit this offense too well. I feel like nate has made some really big yardage plays for mett too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Meanwhile, compare Britt and Hunter. ... this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I hadn't thought to project Mett out yet but you're right that after these four games it's not a bad point to do it... and the results are admittedly impressive all things considered. He's got to play those other 12 games and I'd not at all be surprised if he didn't meet projections. Even coming close would be gravy, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanedUpSince'70 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Good write up by the big O. Mett projected to have an over 4000 yard full season. I can't fkn wait... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Meanwhile, compare Britt and Hunter. ... this year. ESPN projects them both at 39 catches, 698 yards for Hunter and 694 yards for Britt and 4 TDs each and 17.8 yds per catch vs 17.7 yds per catch Almost identical Thrill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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