Factoid
I find myself really liking Oakland’s signing of Jeff Garcia.
JaMarcus Russell hasn’t made much progress in his first two years, and if he’s not ready to perform at a higher level, they’ll need somebody who can step in and play. They’ve lost 10-plus games a record six years in a row, so they need to win some games this year – they really need to win about eight games and get out of that laughingstock category.
Garcia is too small and too old, but he keeps getting the results on the field. Consider the following two charts. One shows quarterbacks with the best ratios of TDs to interception over the last three years. The other shows win-loss records. Garcia is well represented on both of them.
QUARTERBACKS: BEST TD-INT RATIOS, 2006-2008
Includes all quarterbacks with at least 500 pass attempts.
TD Int
74 20 Tom Brady
35 12 Jeff Garcia
89 35 Peyton Manning
60 24 Donovan McNabb
29 13 Aaron Rodgers
77 35 Philip Rivers
88 46 Drew Brees
81 46 Tony Romo
63 36 Kurt Warner
21 12 Matt Cassel
43 25 David Garrard
40 24 Jake Delhomme
57 37 Carson Palmer
35 23 Jason Campbell
21 14 Kyle Orton
54 37 Jay Cutler
46 32 Chad Pennington
68 48 Eli Manning
51 37 Matt Hasselbeck
67 49 Ben Roethlisberger
24 18 Damon Huard
46 36 Marc Bulger
68 55 Brett Favre
43 35 Derek Anderson
25 21 Matt Schaub
18 16 Steve McNair
20 18 Tarvaris Jackson
29 29 Rex Grossman
25 25 J.P. Losman
18 18 Trent Edwards
13 13 Kerry Collins
16 17 David Carr
44 47 Jon Kitna
18 20 Alex Smith
19 23 Joey Harrington
14 17 Matt Leinart
22 32 Vince Young
11 20 Brad Johnson
QUARTERBACKS: WIN-LOSS RECORDS, 2006-2008
Shows only quarterbacks who have started at least half of the time (so there’s a whole bunch of guys with fewer than 24 starts who’ve lost a bunch of games but aren’t listed).
W L Pct.
29 4 .879 Tom Brady
37 11 .771 Peyton Manning
27 12 .692 Tony Romo
33 15 .688 Philip Rivers
21 11 .656 Jake Delhomme
29 17 .630 Ben Roethlisberger
30 18 .625 Brett Favre
30 18 .625 Eli Manning
15 9 .625 Rex Grossman
18 11 .621 Vince Young
18 12 .600 Jeff Garcia
22 17 .563 Donovan McNabb (also tied one game)
22 18 .550 Chad Pennington
25 23 .521 Drew Brees
18 17 .514 Matt Hasselbeck
19 19 .500 David Garrard
13 14 .481 Derek Anderson
15 17 .469 Kurt Warner
17 20 .459 Jay Cutler
16 20 .444 Jason Campbell
15 21 .417 Carson Palmer
9 16 .360 J.P. Losman
12 31 .279 Marc Bulger
10 26 .278 Jon Kitna
—Ian Allan
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Posted by DAVID GARRICK | Jun. 03 at 04:01 PM
Al Davis will not hand the reins over to a weak-armed quarterback unless Jamarcus Russell is in a body bag. He wants a quarterback who can throw deep.
Posted by IAN ALLAN | Jun. 04 at 08:32 AM
I agree. Everybody wants JaMarcus Russell to emerge. Suppose, though, that he's simply not getting it done, and the losses, sacks and interceptions are piling up. Russell's weight balloons past 300 pounds because he's popping cheeseburgers like they're Tic-Tacs. Having Garcia at least gives Oakland somebody else to stick in there.