Comprehensive Passing Metric

Comprehensive Passing Metric: Who Were the NFL’s Best QBs This Season?

January 10, 2022 4 min read

Comprehensive Passing Metric: Who Were the NFL’s Best QBs This Season?

Is this your first introduction to the Comprehensive Passing Metric (CPM)? Check out our explanation here. There are two contradicting facts about quarterback play in the NFL. First, QBs are more responsible for whether or not their team wins a game than any other player (or potentially even coach) on the field. Second, wins are […]

Peter Engler

November 19, 2021 7 min read

Mid-Season Quarterback Awards and CPM Check-In

After introducing Comprehensive Passing Metric (CPM) at the beginning of the season, 150 games (of the regular season’s 272) have passed, allowing us to hand out some midseason QB awards as well as evaluate how well the statistic has done. So far, the QB with the better CPM has won 85.33% of games this season, […]

Peter Engler

November 3, 2021 4 min read

Back to the Bench: Week 8 CPM and the Success of Spot Starters

After potentially the most unpredictable week of the NFL season so far, watching Mike White and Justin Fields have the best games of their young careers while Geno Smith and Trevor Siemian put in productive performances as spot starters, the question arises: how frequently do we see these spot starters succeed initially? Using our Comprehensive […]

Peter Engler

October 27, 2021 3 min read

The Best Bridge QBs of the Last 15 Years

There are two kinds of teams in the NFL: Those that have their long-term quarterback and those that are looking for him. Given the scarcity of that Super Bowl-caliber passer, many teams are forced to turn to “Bridge QBs,” passers who arrive without much fanfare and are only expected to hold the starting role until […]

Peter Engler

October 20, 2021 4 min read

Earlier this week we released our article on Comprehensive Passing Metric, a new take on which quarterbacks truly contribute the most to wins. Looking at a variety of factors, CPM attempts to isolate the contributions of the quarterback. With that said, here’s the first look at every qualified quarterback in the 2021 season (noting that […]

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