October
Packers Receivers Making Aaron Rodgers Look Bad
Everyone needs to head over to ProFootballFocus.com right now and check out one of their latest articles, “Signature Stats Snapshot: Accuracy Percentage.” Once you’re there, scroll down to find the table listing the Top 10 most accurate passers so far this season. Check the number two spot, and gasp in amazement as your read the name of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
For those of you too lazy to check out the article, PFF determines a quarterback’s accuracy percentage using the following formula:
PFF Acc. % = (Completions + Drops) / (Attempts – Throw Aways – Spikes – Batted Passes – Hit As Thrown)
Basically, they add the drops as completed passes, then remove attempts for throw aways, spikes, batted passes, and passes where the quarterback is hit while throwing. What this essentially does is tell us how many of the passes are “catchable.” Here is Aaron Rodgers’ stat line:
| # | Name | Team | Drop backs | Att. | Comp | Drops | TA | BP | SP | HAT | Acc. % |
| 2 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | 223 | 189 | 130 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80.8 |
We’ve all been critical lately of Aaron Rodgers and his performance in comparison to last year, and his accuracy has been part of that criticism. For some reason, we don’t remember him making the kind of throws we are used to him making. The missed pass along the sideline to Jordy Nelson this past weekend was one such example.
