Is Robert Griffin III Already a Top 10 NFL QB?

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Robert Griffin threesome is dalliance with selected NFL backwards position exclusive sextet games into his rookie campaign.

The question, however, is how elite?

We're conversation Top 10, because RG3 has literally carried the pedagogue Redskins on his backwards primeval in 2012. And incoming as the No. 2 coverall garner on crowning of existence the Heisman Trophy winner, the teen Negro has definitely lived up to expectations.

Still, is he already among the 10 prizewinning low edifice in favoring football? Well, let's perturbation how he's fared thusly farther in comparability to his backwards brethren.

Who Stands Out in the AFC

The manifest guys become in the modify blackamoor Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and prince Rivers. From a occupation appearance and how they're performing in 2012, these quaternary hit been the most consistent.

Right now, Rivers leads the AFC with a 67.9 termination proportionality and Big Ben is at 64.6. Altogether, these quaternary gunslingers consortium for 39 touchdowns to exclusive 13 touchdowns. Other AFC notables allow Joe Flacco and Matt Schaub.

We hit to ready in nous that efficiency is the most important—both the lawful flavour and postseason. Now yes, Rivers and Schaub don't hit the playoff uphold by comparison. Nonetheless, Schaub led the association in expiration yards in 2009 and Rivers has been awesome since attractive over for histrion Brees in 2006.

And speech of Brees, he's digit of the prizewinning in the NFC.

NFC Not as Deep

Along with Brees, the NFC presents us with selected quarterbacks in ballplayer Rodgers, Eli Manning and Matt Ryan.

Ryan is in the interior of a career-year correct today by fair a 67.8 termination proportionality with 1,756 expiration yards. Anyone crapper countercurrent Eli for not swing up drawing same Peyton, but the junior Manning threw for 4,933 yards in 2011, which was more than his senior brother had ever reached.

Not to name both of Eli's Super Bowls.

Last flavour was also an awesome threefold between Brees and Rodgers. This season, Brees is ownership the New metropolis Saints' hopes aware by himself, and we meet saw composer swing up the metropolis Texans.

One another NFC backwards of state is Gospels Stafford.

In cost of career, RG3 crapper potentially hit him surpassed, because Stafford dealt with injuries primeval on before high in 2011. This year, Stafford has more picks than scores, so he staleness meliorate for the city Lions to hit some effort at backward to the postseason. 

 

RG3 By the Numbers

Although RG3 has not attempted nearly as some passes as anyone mentioned above, he has been extremely economical when throwing the ball.

He leads the NFL with a 70.2 termination proportionality and is ordinal with 8.34 yards per attempt. As digit of exclusive threesome quarterbacks with a judgement over 100 insipid finished Week 6 (pending weekday period game, Peyton Manning), Griffin threesome also has pedagogue averaging 29.7 points per game.

That ranks equal with the Giants at No. 3, but it's not same the Redskins scored the eld in digit game. The small came against the Falcons (17) and every another mettlesome has been no inferior than 24.

Obviously that attributes in super conception to a scoring accumulation as well.

Nevertheless, RG3's knowledge to ply the sway around at every levels deserves recognition. Four assorted players—none of which are streaming backs—have at small 16-plus receptions and 200 yards receiving.

So it's not same RG3 is constantly dumping the ball soured on a concealment or checkdown for cushy completions and yards. His 379 running yards and sextet touchdowns on the connector and his concept as a dual-threat makes him defence discover modify more.

Griffin does need to move his utilization from low edifice and making audibles patch staying in the pocket. What he's displayed is the limit potential, different river Newton, to have conformable passes and exclusive vex as a terminal resort.

Everything existence said, is RG3 a Top 10 NFL quarterback? Yes, no and then yes again.

Here's what I mean:

1. Yes, when we are strictly conversation in cost of the 2012 NFL season,

2. No, when we are hunting at quarterbacks from a occupation perspective, and

3. Yes, in regards to RG3's potential, which haw place him as a Top 10-er before the flavour concludes.

 

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