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Quick Reads: The quarterback schism

By Bill Barnwell
Football Outsiders

Monday, November 2, 2009

We are blessed to live in remarkable times. Well, remarkably awful times. Sure, there's a handful of Hall of Famers at the top of the quarterback charts. That's common knowledge. What fans don't realize is what's at the bottom: a historic amount of detritus. Through the first eight weeks of the 2009 NFL season, 5.8 percent of quarterback starts and substitute appearances of 10 attempts or more have resulted in quarterback ratings of 30.0 or below. That's notably worse than in any of th ...

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