NFL1000: Is Matthew Stafford Leaping into NFL’s Elite QB Class?

October 25, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments

Over the last 16 games, a "Tiger Slam" version of a regular season, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has hit a new statistical plane. In that time, he’s completed 391 of 570 passes for a 69 percent completion rate, 4,310 yards, 35 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
Stafford has always been a prolific stat collector, primarily because the Lions have competed with the Saints for the passing-attempts crown. Stafford won the Attempts King title in 2011 (with 663) and 2012 (with 727), but after his 41-touchdown season in ’11, he ramped down fairly considerably in the scoring department.
In 2012, he threw for just 20 touchdowns in those 727 attempts for a touchdown percentage of 2.8. Between 2013 and 2015, Stafford threw the ball 634, 602 and 592 times, but he had just 29 touchdown passes in 2013 and 22 in 2014.
Things started looking better last year, when he threw for 32 touchdowns on those 592 attempts, but 2016 has proven to be a revelation. Through ...

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