Post by goldenratio on Jan 17, 2019 22:07:47 GMT -5
No. Not really.
Lock has an elite arm strength wise. Truly special arm strength. The ball just booms out of his hands. wait till you see this dude throw at the combine. Like Josh allen last year. Top 5 in the NFL I'd say for sure. We all love Eli, but Eli does not have anywhere near as much of a cannon as that, nor did he ever.
Eli had significantly better accuracy stats in college and is coming off his best year accuracy wise (I think?) Just to compare their college stats and using completion % to get an broad stroke idea>>>
Eli Manning>>>
Year
Attempts Comp. Comp % Yards INT TD's
2000 33 16 48.5 170 1 0
2001 408 259 63.5 2948 9 31
2002 - - - - - -
Total 441 275 62.4 3118 10 31
VS
Drew Lock>>>>
Career Passing Stats
Year Team G Cmp Att Comp % Yds Yd/A TDs Int Sacked Yds
2015 Missou 12 129 263 49.0 1332 5.1 4 8 25 156
2016 Missou 12 237 434 54.6 3399 7.8 23 10 13 91
2017 Missou 13 242 419 57.8 3964 9.5 44 13 11 85
2018 Missou 13 275 437 62.9 3498 8.0 28 8 13 98
Career 50 883 1553 56.9 12193 7.9 99 39 62 430
62.4% accuracy versus 56.9% accuracy.
Eli was 8.81% more accurate (using completion % as the metric). That translates to almost 1 out of 11 passes drew lock missed on, Eli completed. In other words 3 to 4 throws a game that Eli made that lock did not make on average in college. 3 to 4 a game is significant.
Of course i'm being objective and you have an anti-eli agenda so you see whatever you want to see. Or you can recognize that you are making stuff up in your head and believing your own BS narrative you sold yourself on. Maybe at least try to be objective?
Plus, this is a flawed argument. Your comparing college #'s of Eli and Lock when they played in different times in college football. The rules have changed to become more passer friendly since Eli's time as opposed to 16 years later when Lock is currently playing. It's not something you can compare. It's like comparing Barry Sanders and Saquon Barkley, you can't make a comparison because the game is different from when one played to when the other is playing.
I know, let's compare stats between former Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward and current Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murphy to try and make a valid argument about who's right.