That would leave you and a few thousand ? against the rest of the World. just don't like the odds. LOL
Eh, I don't worry to much about a majority, especially when they are ultimately regurgitating something which really came from the debate type shows and came from journalists that never played. Not to say journalists can't have accurate opinions or one had to have played the game to speak intelligently about it. You will notice you almost never see former player in the media talk QB W/L. Many times they will push back on it when the journalists use it as a metric. The only places I give it some credence is if a) talking playoffs, with looking at how they actually preformed at their position over games, and how they performed if having opportunities in the 4th to win the game b) talking a specific QB over a period of time with his team, along with the context of what was around them for the rest of the team (i.e when you look at the overall team were they someone who is holding the team success back).
There is a reason no official stat kept for W/L for QBs.
What a QB does 90% of the time is instills confidence in the whole team. coming out of the locker room with a mind set we will win today. the lesser the QB that changes to we might/could win to hope, if all goes right, little chance.
QB gets the Glory(wins) and Blame(losses) because they are that important.
It's true with the QB roll the vast majority of the time the QB gets all the credit when it is going well for the team (even if they didn't deserve it) and all the blame when it isn't going well for the team. That's just what comes with the position. At some point in time the QB became the face of the franchises, which means with the media they are basically a CEO, have to behave as one, and get treated as one when facing the public.
The QB does touch the ball 90% of the time, on offense. They are on the field for about half of the game time. Depending on the team and their running game capability that 90% in their hand can have half of it handing off to a guy. So the QB is getting a W for the success of the RB, the OL, and the WR success. I don't think any players go in to a game thinking we are winning because Jimmy Garapollo is behind center today, yet he has a great W/L record.
Yes the great QBs instill confidence in the team. But let's put a little perspective on that, and meaning behind it. Having a QB you know will put points on the board, and score when the game on the line is huge for the overall morale of the team. That though only goes so far and has only so much impact. It certainly takes pressure of the other fazes in that they know that of they don't play a perfect game that QB can be the eraser for the mistake. But I have yet to see a QB result in a CB covering a receiver better, any D player tackle better, a pass rusher get to the QB better, etc. You also have the situations with a great D where it instills confidence in the entire team and takes pressure off the offense. They know they have an eraser for their mistakes. But ultimately the only formula I have seen which works constantly is complimentary football from all 3 phases. But especially O and D.
Now if we are talking about how the QB goes about his business not just on Sunday's, but all through their work week preparing they can and do set the tone for the entire team. That can lead to all 3 phases being better and confident to win each week.
While that last year in Houston was the shitshow that got Watson to the Browns. calling it "His Best" is that what Watson says about it ? I doubt it.
From doing his job, and the performance of what he can control (the offense) it was his best year, both individual statistics and as an offensive unit. He and that offense didn't give up 29 points per game (they put up 24 a game and had no running game, which gets in to complimentary football that's needed even within each phase). A team is not going to win many games if the opponent is scoring 29. That offensive unit turned the ball over 18 times all season (6th fewest with Watson being responsible for 11 from 7 picks and 4 fumbles).
I go back to what NFL films caught JJ Watt saying to Watson after the final game of the 2020 season “Good job, brother. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. We wasted one of your years. I’m sorry. We should have 11 wins"
