How Tight is the QB Leash? Or is Schaub Just Too Conservative?

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And 2009, Schaub was up at 6, several top QB way below that.

Name Team G QBRat Comp Att Pct Yds Y/G Y/A TD Int Rush Yds Y/G Avg TD Sack YdsL Fum FumL
Drew Brees NOR 15 109.6 363 514 70.6 4388 292.5 8.5 34 11 22 33 2.2 1.5 2 20 135 9 6
Brett Favre MIN 16 107.2 363 531 68.4 4202 262.6 7.9 33 7 9 7 0.4 0.8 0 34 247 2 2
Philip Rivers SDG 16 104.4 317 486 65.2 4254 265.9 8.8 28 9 26 50 3.1 1.9 1 25 167 6 3
Aaron Rodgers GNB 16 103.2 350 541 64.7 4434 277.1 8.2 30 7 58 316 19.8 5.4 5 50 306 10 4
Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 100.5 337 506 66.6 4328 288.5 8.6 26 12 40 82 5.5 2.1 2 50 348 7 3
Peyton Manning IND 16 99.9 393 571 68.8 4500 281.3 7.9 33 16 19 -13 -0.8 -0.7 0 10 74 2 0
Matt Schaub HOU 16 98.6 396 583 67.9 4770 298.1 8.2 29 15 48 57 3.6 1.2 0 25 149 3 2
Tony Romo DAL 16 97.6 347 550 63.1 4483 280.2 8.2 26 9 35 105 6.6 3.0 1 34 196 5 4
Tom Brady NWE 16 96.2 371 565 65.7 4398 274.9 7.8 28 13 29 44 2.8 1.5 1 16 86 4 2
Kurt Warner ARI 15 93.2 339 513 66.1 3753 250.2 7.3 26 14 21 10 0.7 0.5 0 24 172 11 6
Eli Manning NYG 16 93.1 317 509 62.3 4021 251.3 7.9 27 14 17 65 4.1 3.8 0 30 216 13 8
Donovan McNabb PHI 14 92.9 267 443 60.3 3553 253.8 8.0 22 10 37 140 10.0 3.8 2 35 264 10 3
Joe Flacco BAL 16 88.9 315 499 63.1 3613 225.8 7.2 21 12 35 56 3.5 1.6 0 36 218 8 2
Kyle Orton DEN 16 86.8 336 541 62.1 3802 237.6 7.0 21 12 24 71 4.4 3.0 0 29 159 4 2
Jason Campbell WAS 16 86.4 327 507 64.5 3618 226.1 7.1 20 15 46 236 14.8 5.1 1 43 285 11 3
Carson Palmer CIN 16 83.6 282 466 60.5 3094 193.4 6.6 21 13 39 93 5.8 2.4 3 26 213 6 2
David Garrard JAC 16 83.5 314 516 60.9 3597 224.8 7.0 15 10 77 323 20.2 4.2 3 42 236 14 8
Vince Young TEN 12 82.8 152 259 58.7 1879 156.6 7.3 10 7 55 281 23.4 5.1 2 9 36 8 2
Alex Smith SFO 11 81.5 225 372 60.5 2350 213.6 6.3 18 12 24 51 4.6 2.1 0 22 134 2 1
Matt Ryan ATL 14 80.9 263 451 58.3 2916 208.3 6.5 22 14 30 49 3.5 1.6 1 19 92 5 2

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Going back to 2008, few different names at top, but Schaub still there 7.


Name Team G QBRat Comp Att Pct Yds Y/G Y/A TD Int Rush Yds Y/G Avg TD Sack YdsL Fum FumL
Philip Rivers SDG 16 105.5 312 478 65.3 4009 250.6 8.4 34 11 31 84 5.3 2.7 0 25 151 8 4
Chad Pennington MIA 16 97.4 321 476 67.4 3653 228.3 7.7 19 7 30 62 3.9 2.1 1 24 121 3 1
Kurt Warner ARI 16 96.9 401 598 67.1 4583 286.4 7.7 30 14 18 -2 -0.1 -0.1 0 26 182 11 7
Drew Brees NOR 16 96.2 413 635 65.0 5069 316.8 8.0 34 17 22 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0 13 92 6 1
Peyton Manning IND 16 95.0 371 555 66.8 4002 250.1 7.2 27 12 20 21 1.3 1.1 1 14 86 1 0
Aaron Rodgers GNB 16 93.8 341 536 63.6 4038 252.4 7.5 28 13 56 207 12.9 3.7 4 34 231 9 3
Matt Schaub HOU 11 92.7 251 380 66.1 3043 276.6 8.0 15 10 31 68 6.2 2.2 2 23 149 10 4
Tony Romo DAL 13 91.4 276 450 61.3 3448 265.2 7.7 26 14 28 41 3.2 1.5 0 20 123 12 7
Jeff Garcia TAM 12 90.2 244 376 64.9 2712 226.0 7.2 12 6 35 148 12.3 4.2 1 23 100 7 2
Matt Cassel NWE 16 89.4 327 516 63.4 3693 230.8 7.2 21 11 73 270 16.9 3.7 2 47 219 7 4
Matt Ryan ATL 16 87.7 265 434 61.1 3440 215.0 7.9 16 11 55 104 6.5 1.9 1 17 104 6 1
Shaun Hill SFO 9 87.5 181 288 62.8 2046 227.3 7.1 13 8 24 115 12.8 4.8 2 23 148 8 2
Seneca Wallace SEA 10 87.0 141 242 58.3 1532 153.2 6.3 11 3 16 78 7.8 4.9 0 14 76 4 3
Eli Manning NYG 16 86.4 289 479 60.3 3238 202.4 6.8 21 10 20 10 0.6 0.5 1 27 174 5 2
Donovan McNabb PHI 16 86.4 345 571 60.4 3916 244.8 6.9 23 11 39 147 9.2 3.8 2 23 149 7 5
Jay Cutler DEN 16 86.0 384 616 62.3 4526 282.9 7.3 25 18 57 200 12.5 3.5 2 11 69 5 2
Trent Edwards BUF 14 85.4 245 374 65.5 2699 192.8 7.2 11 10 36 117 8.4 3.3 3 23 143 9 5
Jake Delhomme CAR 16 84.7 246 414 59.4 3288 205.5 7.9 15 12 20 21 1.3 1.1 2 20 130 5 3
Jason Campbell WAS 16 84.3 315 506 62.3 3245 202.8 6.4 13 6 47 258 16.1 5.5 1 38 266 6 1
David Garrard JAC 16 81.7 335 535 62.6 3620 226.3 6.8 15 13 73 322 20.1 4.4 2 42 288 7 3
Brett Favre NYJ 16 81.0 343 522 65.7 3472 217.0 6.7 22 22 21 43 2.7 2.0 1 30 213 10 2
Joe Flacco BAL 16 80.3 257 428 60.0 2971 185.7 6.9 14 12 52 180 11.3 3.5 2 32 276 11 2

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Then 2007 was Matt's first year here and injury, still at no. 13

Name Team G QBRat Comp Att Pct Yds Y/G Y/A TD Int Rush Yds Y/G Avg TD Sack YdsL Fum FumL
Tom Brady NWE 16 117.2 398 578 68.9 4806 300.4 8.3 50 8 37 98 6.1 2.6 2 21 128 5 4
Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 104.1 264 404 65.3 3154 210.3 7.8 32 11 35 204 13.6 5.8 2 47 347 9 3
David Garrard JAC 12 102.2 208 325 64.0 2509 209.1 7.7 18 3 49 185 15.4 3.8 1 21 99 3 2
Peyton Manning IND 16 98.0 337 515 65.4 4040 252.5 7.8 31 14 20 -5 -0.3 -0.3 3 21 124 5 1
Tony Romo DAL 16 97.4 335 520 64.4 4211 263.2 8.1 36 19 31 129 8.1 4.2 2 24 176 10 2
Brett Favre GNB 16 95.7 356 535 66.5 4155 259.7 7.8 28 15 29 12 0.8 0.4 0 15 93 9 3
Jeff Garcia TAM 13 94.6 209 327 63.9 2440 187.7 7.5 13 4 35 116 8.9 3.3 1 19 104 4 2
Matt Hasselbeck SEA 16 91.4 352 562 62.6 3966 247.9 7.1 28 12 39 89 5.6 2.3 0 33 204 9 5
Donovan McNabb PHI 14 89.9 291 473 61.5 3324 237.4 7.0 19 7 50 236 16.9 4.7 0 44 227 9 5
Kurt Warner ARI 14 89.8 281 451 62.3 3417 244.1 7.6 27 17 17 15 1.1 0.9 1 20 140 12 6
Drew Brees NOR 16 89.4 440 652 67.5 4423 276.4 6.8 28 18 23 52 3.3 2.3 1 16 109 9 4
Jay Cutler DEN 16 88.1 297 467 63.6 3497 218.6 7.5 20 14 44 205 12.8 4.7 1 27 153 11 4
Matt Schaub HOU 11 87.2 192 289 66.4 2241 203.7 7.8 9 9 17 52 4.7 3.1 0 16 126 7 3
Carson Palmer CIN 16 86.7 373 575 64.9 4131 258.2 7.2 26 20 24 10 0.6 0.4 0 17 119 5 1
Chad Pennington NYJ 9 86.1 179 260 68.8 1765 196.1 6.8 10 9 20 32 3.6 1.6 1 26 178 5 0
Sage Rosenfels HOU 9 84.8 154 240 64.2 1684 187.1 7.0 15 12 21 51 5.7 2.4 1 6 48 4 3
Derek Anderson CLE 16 82.5 298 527 56.5 3787 236.7 7.2 29 19 32 70 4.4 2.2 3 14 109 5 2
Philip Rivers SDG 16 82.4 277 460 60.2 3152 197.0 6.9 21 15 29 33 2.1 1.1 1 22 163 11 6
Jon Kitna DET 16 80.9 355 561 63.3 4068 254.3 7.3 18 20 25 63 3.9 2.5 0 51 320 16 6
Jason Campbell WAS 13 77.6 250 417 60.0 2700 207.7 6.5 12 11 36 185 14.2 5.1 1 21 110 13 8
Joey Harrington ATL 12 77.2 215 348 61.8 2215 184.6 6.4 7 8 14 33 2.8 2.4 0 32 192 0 0
Damon Huard KAN 11 76.8 206 332 62.0 2257 205.2 6.8 11 13 9 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0 36 234 5 3
Brian Griese CHI 7 75.6 161 262 61.5 1803 257.6 6.9 10 12 13 28 4.0 2.2 0 15 114 6 1
Kyle Boller BAL 12 75.2 168 275 61.1 1743 145.3 6.3 9 10 19 89 7.4 4.7 0 24 159 5 4
Eli Manning NYG 16 73.9 297 529 56.1 3336 208.5 6.3 23 20 29 69 4.3 2.4 1 27 217 13 7
Vince Young TEN 15 71.1 238 382 62.3 2546 169.7 6.7 9 17 93 395 26.3 4.2 3 25 157 9 3
Cleo Lemon MIA 9 71.0 173 309 56.0 1773 197.0 5.7 6 6 31 102 11.3 3.3 4 25 166 6 3

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Found some advanced QB stats, glossary of terms at http://www.advancednflstats.com/2010/08/glossary.html

Their stats at http://wp.advancednflstats.com/playerstats.php
Here Schaub is 9 during 2012, where is your favorite QB
Rank Player Team G WPA EPA WPA/G EPA/P SR(%) Att Cmp Cmp% PassYds Sk SkYds Int %Deep AYPA
1 12-A.Rodgers GB 18 5.61 181.4 0.31 0.23 53.1 625 421 67.4 4834 55 326 9 20.2 6.0
2 2-M.Ryan ATL 18 5.34 205.7 0.30 0.26 55.4 692 476 68.8 5365 29 210 17 18.4 6.1
3 12-T.Brady NE 18 5.16 220.8 0.29 0.27 55.7 732 455 62.2 5491 28 191 10 19.9 6.4
4 12-A.Luck IND 17 4.41 114.9 0.26 0.14 47.5 681 367 53.9 4662 44 267 19 26.3 4.9
5 9-T.Romo DAL 16 4.37 105.0 0.27 0.14 52.0 648 425 65.6 4903 36 263 19 19.3 5.5
6 5-J.Flacco BLT 20 4.28 112.1 0.21 0.15 46.7 657 390 59.4 4957 41 265 10 26.5 6.1
7 18-P.Manning DEN 17 4.04 178.0 0.24 0.26 53.6 626 428 68.4 4957 24 154 13 19.0 6.5
8 3-R.Wilson SEA 18 3.91 142.8 0.22 0.22 52.0 455 291 64.0 3690 40 251 11 24.0 5.9
9 8-M.Schaub HST 18 3.52 116.0 0.20 0.17 50.4 633 413 65.2 4613 28 225 14 17.9 5.7
10 9-D.Brees NO 16 3.36 157.8 0.21 0.22 51.4 670 422 63.0 5177 26 190 19 17.0 5.9
11 1-C.Newton CAR 16 3.14 141.6 0.20 0.21 47.8 485 280 57.7 3869 36 244 12 23.3 5.9
12 10-R.Griffin WAS 16 3.01 136.4 0.19 0.23 50.6 413 269 65.1 3295 34 246 6 18.2 6.2
13 7-C.Kaepernick SF 16 2.83 82.2 0.18 0.19 48.9 298 185 62.1 2607 21 144 5 29.9 7.0
14 10-E.Manning NYG 16 2.44 87.3 0.15 0.14 49.3 536 321 59.9 3948 19 136 15 21.5 5.7
15 7-B.Roethlisberger PIT 13 2.25 83.5 0.17 0.16 50.4 448 283 63.2 3252 30 182 8 19.0 5.7
16 8-S.Bradford SL 16 1.89 34.9 0.12 0.05 45.1 551 328 59.5 3702 34 233 13 17.2 4.9
17 9-M.Stafford DET 16 1.86 100.8 0.12 0.12 49.0 727 435 59.8 4965 29 212 17 22.8 5.3
18 7-C.Ponder MIN 16 1.60 35.7 0.10 0.06 44.3 483 300 62.1 2935 31 177 12 17.0 4.3
19 5-J.Freeman TB 16 1.56 56.5 0.10 0.09 43.3 558 306 54.8 4065 25 157 17 25.6 5.4
20 17-R.Tannehill MIA 16 1.36 3.4 0.09 0.01 46.0 484 282 58.3 3294 36 228 13 19.2 4.8
21 14-R.Fitzpatrick BUF 16 1.29 30.6 0.08 0.05 45.3 505 306 60.6 3400 29 161 16 17.6 4.7
22 11-A.Smith SF 10 0.89 34.4 0.09 0.12 51.1 218 153 70.2 1737 24 137 5 13.8 5.7
23 3-C.Palmer OAK 15 0.85 52.0 0.06 0.08 46.4 565 345 61.1 4018 26 199 14 19.8 5.4
24 11-B.Gabbert JAX 10 0.61 -19.9 0.06 -0.06 44.1 278 162 58.3 1662 22 158 6 18.0 4.1
25 8-M.Hasselbeck TEN 8 0.46 -2.8 0.06 -0.01 45.7 221 138 62.4 1361 14 103 5 18.1 4.4
26 10-J.Locker TEN 11 0.33 4.2 0.03 0.01 41.8 314 177 56.4 2176 25 151 11 22.0 4.5
27 6-J.Cutler CHI 15 0.21 24.9 0.01 0.05 43.5 434 255 58.8 3033 39 264 14 28.6 4.5
28 9-N.Foles PHI 7 0.19 -11.3 0.03 -0.04 41.8 265 161 60.8 1701 20 131 5 20.0 4.7
29 4-K.Kolb ARZ 6 -0.13 -5.0 -0.02 -0.02 43.8 183 109 59.6 1169 26 159 3 15.3 4.2
30 14-A.Dalton CIN 17 -0.13 10.7 -0.01 0.02 45.5 559 343 61.4 3796 48 238 17 20.9 4.6
31 7-M.Vick PHI 10 -0.19 14.7 -0.02 0.03 46.1 351 204 58.1 2362 28 165 10 21.1 4.6
32 3-B.Weeden CLV 15 -0.47 15.3 -0.03 0.03 43.4 517 297 57.4 3385 28 186 17 17.0 4.5
33 17-P.Rivers SD 16 -0.51 28.5 -0.03 0.05 46.0 527 338 64.1 3607 49 311 15 20.1 4.6
34 7-M.Cassel KC 9 -1.12 -25.5 -0.12 -0.08 45.3 277 161 58.1 1796 19 101 12 20.2 3.9
35 7-C.Henne JAX 10 -1.21 -31.6 -0.12 -0.08 41.9 307 165 53.7 2090 29 175 11 20.8 4.2
36 19-J.Skelton ARZ 7 -1.24 -45.6 -0.18 -0.20 38.9 201 109 54.2 1132 15 98 9 15.4 2.9
37 9-B.Quinn KC 10 -1.52 -60.4 -0.15 -0.24 37.1 198 113 57.1 1141 20 123 8 20.7 3.0
38 14-R.Lindley ARZ 6 -1.85 -66.1 -0.31 -0.34 35.2 171 89 52.0 752 12 91 7 18.1 1.9
39 6-M.Sanchez NYJ 15 -2.63 -62.5 -0.18 -0.12 43.1 453 246 54.3 2883 34 209 18 20.8 3.8

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Then ESPN has their QBR rating where Schaub comes in at 13
http://espn.go.com/nfl/qbr

2012 Regular Season NFL LeadersRK PLAYER PASS EPA RUN EPA SACK EPA PEN EPA TOTAL EPA ACT PLAYS QB PAR QB PAA TOTAL QBR
1 Peyton Manning, DEN 116.6 1.4 -14.1 12.9 116.8 691 144.4 87.0 84.1
2 Tom Brady, NE 114.3 3.1 -16.6 8.3 109.2 739 129.0 67.6 77.1
3 Colin Kaepernick, SF 45.5 15.2 -11.8 -2.5 46.4 316 54.8 28.5 76.8
4 Matt Ryan, ATL 122.2 12.1 -25.4 5.5 114.4 717 117.6 58.1 74.5
5 Aaron Rodgers, GB 108.9 19.1 -39.0 13.8 102.9 726 113.4 53.2 72.5
6 Robert Griffin III, WSH 80.2 12.7 -20.3 7.4 80.1 589 89.6 40.8 71.4
7 Alex Smith, SF 41.7 3.7 -13.4 2.5 34.5 295 43.5 19.0 70.1
8 Russell Wilson, SEA 86.4 23.1 -27.4 6.2 88.2 588 85.6 36.8 69.6
9 Drew Brees, NO 108.0 -0.1 -20.0 -1.4 86.4 761 106.1 42.9 67.9
10 Eli Manning, NYG 74.0 1.2 -12.2 8.4 71.5 628 86.6 34.5 67.4
RK PLAYER PASS EPA RUN EPA SACK EPA PEN EPA TOTAL EPA ACT PLAYS QB PAR QB PAA TOTAL QBR
11 Andrew Luck, IND 73.4 21.1 -24.4 19.3 89.5 778 100.9 36.3 65.0
12 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 88.8 5.3 -29.0 4.3 69.4 537 65.8 21.2 62.8
13 Tony Romo, DAL 120.4 1.2 -31.1 1.1 91.5 779 95.3 30.7 62.7
14 Matt Schaub, HOU 78.6 -1.2 -21.3 5.0 61.1 637 77.6 24.7 62.6
15 Matthew Stafford, DET 90.5 5.2 -21.1 7.8 82.4 846 93.3 23.1 58.9
16 Cam Newton, CAR 51.0 27.1 -26.7 4.4 55.8 698 66.9 9.0 54.2
17 Christian Ponder, MIN 44.2 7.9 -21.2 8.0 38.9 611 57.7 7.0 53.8
18 Josh Freeman, TB 65.1 2.8 -21.4 3.6 50.2 681 63.0 6.5 53.1
19 Ryan Tannehill, MIA 55.0 4.5 -24.2 10.8 46.2 624 56.1 4.3 52.3
20 Jay Cutler, CHI 39.9 16.4 -23.3 4.0 37.0 559 49.6 3.2 51.9

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now NBC lets you choose some interesting QB statistics,
http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/fb...e=NFL&rank=098

such as first down% on third down by passing where Schaub comes in at 15.

%First Downs, Pass on 3rd Down
Rank Player Team Stats
1 Matt Ryan Atl 49.4 ( 79/160 )
2 Peyton Manning Den 49.0 ( 74/151 )
3 Tom Brady NE 48.0 ( 72/150 )
4 Ben Roethlisberger Pit 47.6 ( 59/124 )
5 Matt Hasselbeck Ten 47.1 ( 32/68 )
6 Aaron Rodgers GB 45.8 ( 66/144 )
7 Matthew Stafford Det 45.5 ( 91/200 )
8 Tony Romo Dal 45.3 ( 73/161 )
9 Michael Vick Phi 45.3 ( 43/95 )
10 Drew Brees NO 44.5 ( 77/173 )
11 Russell Wilson Sea 43.2 ( 54/125 )
12 Andrew Luck Ind 42.9 ( 73/170 )
13 Ryan Fitzpatrick Buf 42.9 ( 60/140 )
14 Philip Rivers SD 42.6 ( 66/155 )
15 Matt Schaub Hou 40.0 ( 56/140 )
16 Christian Ponder Min 39.7 ( 60/151 )
17 Alex Smith SF 39.3 ( 22/56 )
18 Matt Cassel KC 39.0 ( 30/77 )
19 Cam Newton Car 38.2 ( 47/123 )
20 Eli Manning NYG 38.0 ( 52/137 )

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or how about % completions inside opponents 10 yard line, at no. 10
http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/fb...e=NFL&rank=099

%Completions, Inside Opp 20
Rank Player Team Stats
1 Philip Rivers SD 65.6 ( 40/61 )
2 Matt Ryan Atl 63.2 ( 55/87 )
3 Drew Brees NO 62.5 ( 60/96 )
4 Aaron Rodgers GB 62.1 ( 41/66 )
5 Robert Griffin III Was 61.5 ( 24/39 )
6 Tom Brady NE 60.5 ( 49/81 )
7 Christian Ponder Min 59.4 ( 41/69 )
8 Russell Wilson Sea 57.6 ( 34/59 )
9 Peyton Manning Den 57.3 ( 47/82 )
10 Matt Schaub Hou 57.1 ( 28/49 )
11 Ryan Fitzpatrick Buf 56.6 ( 30/53 )
12 Josh Freeman TB 55.9 ( 38/68 )
13 Ben Roethlisberger Pit 55.2 ( 37/67 )
14 Sam Bradford StL 55.0 ( 33/60 )
15 Andy Dalton Cin 54.3 ( 38/70 )
16 Jay Cutler Chi 53.2 ( 25/47 )
17 Carson Palmer Oak 52.4 ( 33/63 )
18 Blaine Gabbert Jac 51.6 ( 16/31 )
19 Andrew Luck Ind 50.7 ( 35/69 )
20 Colin Kaepernick SF 48.3 ( 14/29 )

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so this is more on leadership skills - need 5 of these 8 to be in top 15 they say . guess Schaub has 6, mobility being the obvious one.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...american-.html

Skills a Quarterback Needs to Succeed in American Football

By Howie Long and John Czarnecki from Football For Dummies, 4th US Edition

When scouts or coaches examine a quarterback’s potential to play in the NFL, they run down a checklist of physical, mental, and personality traits that affect a quarterback’s success on the field. The following list gives the main criteria necessary to excel. If a quarterback has five of these seven traits, he undoubtedly ranks among the top 15 players at his position:

Arm strength: Velocity is important when throwing a football

Competitiveness: A player’s competitiveness is made up of many subjective and intangible qualities. A quarterback should have the desire to be the team’s offensive leader and, ideally, overall leader. No one should work harder in practice than he does.

Intelligence: Many NFL teams have a 3-inch-thick playbook

Mobility: A quarterback’s mobility is as important as his intelligence and his arm.

Release: If a quarterback doesn’t have exceptional arm strength, he’d better have a quick release.

Height: A quarterback wants to be tall enough to see over his linemen — whose average height in the NFL is 6’5” to 6’7” —

Weight: A quarterback can expect a lot of physical contact, especially when attempting to pass.

Vision: A quarterback doesn’t necessarily need keen peripheral vision, but it doesn’t hurt. A quarterback must quickly scan the field when he comes to the line of scrimmage prior to the snap of the ball.

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And BleacherReport had their article on what Scouts, Coaches look for in a QB

Most top 10 QBs have most of these traits, seems Schaub is ok with most of these.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...back-prospects

By Matt Miller(NFL Draft Lead Writer) on May 8, 2013

Once you have the film, what do you do with it? Here are the eight criteria I find most important when evaluating quarterbacks for the NFL.

1. Accuracy

Despite what some may say, accuracy is one of the few traits that I believe you cannot coach into a quarterback. You either have it or you don't, and it is the single-most important aspect to being able to play the position at a high level.

2. Vision

Seeing the field is the second-most important trait when scouting quarterbacks. If you can see the field and recognize your open receivers—and then use Trait No. 1 to get the ball there—you’ll live as an NFL quarterback.

3. Leadership and Poise

In preparing for this piece, I spoke to several NFL scouts. One quote stuck with me throughout my writing—"I want a guy that can carry everyone's hopes." That's a classic statement to wrap up what leadership should be about.

4. Arm Strength (Velocity)

Arm strength is impressive, but how important is being able to throw 70 yards in the air? Not very.

When looking at arm strength, I’m more impressed with velocity than distance.


5. Pocket Presence and Escapability

NFL defensive coordinators spend hours upon hours scheming ways to try and get to the quarterback. That can all be thrown away by a quarterback with good pocket presence.

Pocket presence isn’t mobility; it’s the ability to see and feel pressure.


6. Anticipation

Some will call this “throwing your receivers open,” but essentially this boils down to being able to know when and/or where the receiver will be open and getting the ball there on time.

7. Mechanics

Mechanics can be taught—but ideally we find quarterbacks who are NFL ready coming out of college.

A proper throwing motion can be debated, but the basics are set.

Throwing motion: The quarterback should throw with an over-the-top motion where the ball comes over the shoulder and is released here. The ball should not follow a trajectory under the shoulder—also known as "side-arm" delivery.

Follow-through: The quarterback should step through his throw, swinging his back foot through the throw with his front foot pointed toward the target. The front leg should work as a foundation for the throw.

Outside of these two notes, mechanics can be debated. Some quarterbacks excel at changing their release point and motion

8. Size

When looking at NFL quarterback prospects there used to be this baseline of size that each player had to meet—6’2” and 220 pounds. That was the bottom line for being a successful NFL quarterback, and there were few exceptions.

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Four more criteria found to choose a top 10 QB
http://www.footballnation.com/conten...ays-nfl/22031/

Top 10 Franchise Quarterbacks In Today's NFL
By Boris McLaughlin April 02, 2013 9:09 am

Before we go into the list, let’s break-down these four criteria:

Consistency:

A consistent quarterback is one that his coach, and fan-base can count on to deliver certain numbers week-in and week-out regardless of who they face. This guy should put up the following numbers minimum to give his team the best chance to win weekly:

60% completion percentage
2-1 touchdown-interception ratio
If a QB is posting these numbers, your team’s chances of winning exponentially and the sexy-Fantasy stats will be there.

Talent:

A franchise quarterback does not have to be the prototypical 6-foot-4, 240-lbs with a bazooka for an arm—no one ever mistook Joe Montana’s arm for John Elway’s or Jim Kelly’s, but he has more Super Rings than both combined.

Bottom-line: Can he make NFL throws accurately!

Leadership/Maturity:

The measurable for this one is simple, how many come-from-behind-wins are on his resume? As the adage goes, “adversity reveals character, not build it!

Football IQ:

This tie into consistency, is he savvy enough to make defenses pay when they blitz him, or put eight men in the box to take away the run? Are defensive coordinator leery of blitzing him because they know the consequences if they don’t sack him?

I’ve also considered the quarterback’s age, injuries, and supporting cast in compiling this list.

Matt Schaub not in his top 10, but compare to his comments on Eli Manning at
8. Eli Manning = 31/40
CONSISTENCY = 6:
Compiling a 78-57 record as a starter, Manning's career passing numbers reads:2,612 of 4,457 (58.6%), 31,527 yards, 211 TD, 144 INT, 82.7 passer rating. The problem with Eli is you don’t know which Eli you will get game-to-game: Good-Eli (Weeks 1-6 last season): 11 TD, 5 INT, 95.3 passer rating; or Bad Eli (Weeks 7-10 last season): 1 TD, 6 INT, 58.6 passer rating.

TALENT = 8:
At 6-foot-4, 218 pounds, Eli may have a stronger arm, and is more elusive in the pocket than his older brother Peyton. However, Manning may be reaching the peak of the prime of his career at 32 years-old.

LEADERSHIP = 9:
Much like Roethlisberger, Manning can be playing atrociously for three quarters, and play lights out. Manning passed for 100 yards, with one TD and three INTs during the first three quarters against Tampa Bay during week two last season. Then Manning passed for 400 yards, and two TDs and 0 INTs in the fourth quarter to pull out one of his 28 game-winning drives.

FOOTBALL IQ = 8:
Manning seems to have strong-arm complex—when to quarterback think he can complete passes, even in double or triple coverage because he has so much confidence in his arm strength.

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The BattleRedBlog had intersting article with a bunch of data speculating Schaub was injured last year http://www.battleredblog.com/2013/6/...-twilight-zone

Idea is stats show play calling and producttivity indicate an injury, perhaps foot, shoulder, ...