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In the 6.25 games that Edwards played, Evans averaged 36.48 yards per game.
In the 7.75 games that Fitzpatrick played, Evans averaged 37.68 yards per game.
So Evans got an extra yard per game when Fitzy was in there. ONE single yard. Is that significant? BTW, I didn't count the Colts game, where Evans got 49 yards, because I figure the other team has to be trying to win the game in order for it to count...not that it would make much difference. Also, Trent got hurt in the Jets game, thus the decimals in my calculations.
Evans' TDs or number of catches didn't suffer under Trent when compared to Fitzpatrick, either.
People assume these things, but they aren't true.
Same goes for T.O....
T.O.'s numbers under ole Fitzy:
Carolina: 27 yards
Houston: 39 yards
Miami: 96 yards
NY Jets: 31 yards
Kansas City: 15 yards
New England: 20 yards
Colts' scrubs: 65 yards
In three quarters against the Jets: 7 yards
Yeah, Fitz and Owens connected on a 98-yarder in the Jax game, inflating the numbers a lot, but Owens also dropped a pass right in the bread-basket that should have went for about 80 yards from Trent.
Besides the overinflated Jacksonville numbers, here how it all spans out:
Fitzpatrick to Owens: 38.71 yards per game
Edwards to Owens: 46.88 yards per game
This is taking under the consideration that Trent played a quarter of the Jets game, and Fitzpatrick played the other three quarters. I even included the Colts' scrubs numbers this time...don't worry, it helped Fitzy and T.O.'s numbers...
Include that Jacksonville game, and it doesn't really destroy my argument, but anybody that watched every game can see why I would do that. Include that game, particularly the one play, and Fitz would have completed about 10 more yards to T.O. than Trent per game, hardly enough to write home about.
If people want Fitzpatrick to start because he "throws to his WRs downfield more," forget that crap. It doesn't work, and Trent is liable to make the smarter throw IMO.
In the 7.75 games that Fitzpatrick played, Evans averaged 37.68 yards per game.
So Evans got an extra yard per game when Fitzy was in there. ONE single yard. Is that significant? BTW, I didn't count the Colts game, where Evans got 49 yards, because I figure the other team has to be trying to win the game in order for it to count...not that it would make much difference. Also, Trent got hurt in the Jets game, thus the decimals in my calculations.
Evans' TDs or number of catches didn't suffer under Trent when compared to Fitzpatrick, either.
People assume these things, but they aren't true.
Same goes for T.O....
T.O.'s numbers under ole Fitzy:
Carolina: 27 yards
Houston: 39 yards
Miami: 96 yards
NY Jets: 31 yards
Kansas City: 15 yards
New England: 20 yards
Colts' scrubs: 65 yards
In three quarters against the Jets: 7 yards
Yeah, Fitz and Owens connected on a 98-yarder in the Jax game, inflating the numbers a lot, but Owens also dropped a pass right in the bread-basket that should have went for about 80 yards from Trent.
Besides the overinflated Jacksonville numbers, here how it all spans out:
Fitzpatrick to Owens: 38.71 yards per game
Edwards to Owens: 46.88 yards per game
This is taking under the consideration that Trent played a quarter of the Jets game, and Fitzpatrick played the other three quarters. I even included the Colts' scrubs numbers this time...don't worry, it helped Fitzy and T.O.'s numbers...
Include that Jacksonville game, and it doesn't really destroy my argument, but anybody that watched every game can see why I would do that. Include that game, particularly the one play, and Fitz would have completed about 10 more yards to T.O. than Trent per game, hardly enough to write home about.
If people want Fitzpatrick to start because he "throws to his WRs downfield more," forget that crap. It doesn't work, and Trent is liable to make the smarter throw IMO.
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