Analyzing Drew's Streak

The bigger eye opener is that he’s had a QB rating of 98.6 during his streak. Favre’s QB rating during his 36-game streak was 87.7. Unitas had a QB rating of 87.3 during his 47-game streak despite only completing 53.4% of his passes. When you consider all the touchdown passes he had during that streak, you get a better appreciation for what Unitas actually accomplished during that impressive run from 1956-1960.

“it’s those picks at the worst possible times that are getting to us”

Amen, brother.

“I would rather have a win with a running touchdown then a lose with a passing td”

If it were only that easy a choice. :-)

Not every interception he tossed cost games and the same is true for Drew Brees. Let’s face it. The woes for the Saints go far beyond throwing interceptions.

Over those 36 games, Favre threw 44 int in 1164 attempts, for a rate of 3.78%. You can also look at it as 1 int every 26.5 attempts.

Brees has thrown 43 int in 1422 attempts, for a rate of 3.02%. Or, 1 int every 33 attempts.

I too am not a fan of the number and significance of some of Drew’s ints, but the reality is that the more you throw the ball, the more ints that are going to happen. Favre threw 32.3 passes per game over that stretch, Brees threw 39.5. These stats speak for themselves. If Brees is going to throw 40 times per game, he is going to be intercepted more than once per game (on average). If Drew threw 32.3 passes like Favre, then he would average less than 1 int per game (barely).

Now I don’t know the int rate of other QBs so I don’t know if a 3.02% int rate is high or not, but most other QBs aren’t throwing nearly as many TDs, and most certainly do not throw 40 times per game on average either.